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Geirskogul posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waLaAhNYR00&feature=youtu.be Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I feel better now 
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Austin is a pretty awesome city - except for the loving traffic, it's approaching Houston in terms of gridlock. When I move out of DFW, it'll either be to Austin, Denton, or Portland. I have a lot of love in my heart for Denton, since I lived there for a few years (not counting when I moved back a couple of years ago to attend University of North Texas), and really dig the atmosphere. It's a lot like a small version of Austin. I like it enough that I've refused to change back to a DFW phone # - both my cell and Google Voice numbers are Denton-based. If I'm applying for jobs, I give out the landline # - ringer is off (because telemarketers), but if someone leaves a voicemail, it gets forwarded to my cell. I love so many things about Austin, and a large chunk of my friends have wound up there... but I would miss the insane storms DFW gets. I love a lot about Portland, but ..... I'd miss the same, and I'd actually have to buy something warmer than a fleece hoodie. I've thought about Seattle as well. I know a lot of people in all of those cities, but the majority are in Austin. At least Perry isn't making us look like the laughing stock of the country as much
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Rhyno posted:I need some help, I have an interested party for the Civic but it has an issue I need to sort out first. Is there no way to take the interior on the inside of the lid off and punch them out from behind?
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T-Square posted:Steam goons, add me on Steam and also suggest fun cheaper multiplayer games and also play said fun multiplayer games with me. I'm Sacked_Stig. Money for cars talk the most I've carried is a few thousand on a flight to go look at a car, security had some questions for me. Was going to be carrying a poo poo load of cash when I went to buy the M3 until the lady at the bank reminded me cashier's checks exist for that purpose.
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alternate.eago posted:
Couple of pages back, but wait until you get married and/or have a kid. I swear I blinked and 10 years disappeared. Then one day you will wake up on the wrong side of 40, and realize that your life is at least 50% over. Then it will hit you how fast those 40 years went. And I've just depressed myself for the rest of the day....
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some texas redneck posted:Austin is a pretty awesome city - except for the loving traffic, it's approaching Houston in terms of gridlock. When I move out of DFW, it'll either be to Austin, Denton, or Portland. I have a lot of love in my heart for Denton, since I lived there for a few years (not counting when I moved back a couple of years ago to attend University of North Texas), and really dig the atmosphere. It's a lot like a small version of Austin. I like it enough that I've refused to change back to a DFW phone # - both my cell and Google Voice numbers are Denton-based. If I'm applying for jobs, I give out the landline # - ringer is off (because telemarketers), but if someone leaves a voicemail, it gets forwarded to my cell. Portland sucks.
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Feb 5, 2015 16:19
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Tide posted:Couple of pages back, but wait until you get married and/or have a kid. I swear I blinked and 10 years disappeared. Then one day you will wake up on the wrong side of 40, and realize that your life is at least 50% over. Then it will hit you how fast those 40 years went. Ain't that the truth. I have decided to plan my midlife crisis, I have three years left till forty and right now the plan is either Ariel Atom or Morgan Three-wheeler. I have started raising funds and structuring my finances to make this possible. The only question is which car.
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Anyone live around Houston/Galveston? How do you like it? I love me some hot, humid weather (Columbia, SC was heaven) and my job experience makes oil-land super duper profitable.
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Edit: ^^ Please move to Houston and build a garage with a lift so I can bother you. Pleeeeeeeease.QuiteEasilyDone posted:Well, I'm getting laid off at the end of the month. I think this might be a time that I'd be able to start thinking about relocating somewhere a lot more AI than NJ. Austin is high in my books for career and personal interests but I guess I'm going to have to plan this out a little better than that. I really love living in Austin for a variety of reasons, but there are a couple of things worth saying about it to anyone looking to move here. Traffic sucks balls, and it's getting worse. If you can afford to live near where you work then it can be pretty much non-existant, and once you learn the lay of the land you can learn to avoid it more (just stay off 35). My morning commute is about 16 miles (I travel South to North) and it takes me around 45 minutes each way. It's getting more expensive to live here too. It's all relative, I know, but rent and houses are going up here, and as a prospective home buyer I'm not terribly excited about paying $250k for something that I would have paid $190 for a couple years ago, and would cost me $135k in Dallas/Houston. Rent here is probably $800 or so for a 1BR apartment on the outskirts of Austin proper, far more if you're talking in a trendy neighborhood. Once again I know people from more dense cities like SF or NYC could scoff at that, but coming from Dallas it was quite the shock. That having been said, I absolutely love it here, not sure I want to live anywhere else. Korwen fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Feb 5, 2015 |
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Feb 5, 2015 16:43
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Adiabatic posted:Anyone live around Houston/Galveston? How do you like it? I spent a few weeks there and hated it. Terrible traffic, urban sprawl even worse than Chicago, and very high crime rate.
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Feb 5, 2015 16:45
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Gentlemen (and lady or two) I suppose now is as good a time as any. My wife has peed on things. We're due early August with our first. The last 2 months have been a rollercoaster of emotions and I've lost a shitload of hair. Very excited for what 2015 is bringing us. Those of you who have me on facebook, please don't mention anything. Haven't gone public with everyone yet.
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Feb 5, 2015 16:52
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Tide posted:Couple of pages back, but wait until you get married and/or have a kid. I swear I blinked and 10 years disappeared. Then one day you will wake up on the wrong side of 40, and realize that your life is at least 50% over. Then it will hit you how fast those 40 years went. trouser chili posted:Ain't that the truth. I have decided to plan my midlife crisis, I have three years left till forty and right now the plan is either Ariel Atom or Morgan Three-wheeler. I have started raising funds and structuring my finances to make this possible. The only question is which car. angryhampster posted:Gentlemen (and lady or two) I suppose now is as good a time as any. My wife has peed on things. Think I lucked out and will be 'working from home' tomorrow which means a whole day in the garage and they'll call me if something breaks. Everyone else was out the first half of this week and over the weekend so it works out nice. The E21 needs to drive this weekend, even if it's just a loop around the neighborhood...928 should get out and stretch it's legs a bit too.
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Adiabatic posted:Anyone live around Houston/Galveston? How do you like it? I don't really enjoy houston, but I live in VT, so take that with a grain of salt. If you want though, I have relatives in the area (retired from NASA), so I could get you in touch or just ask them questions for you. Hit me up on IRC if you want. edit: also congrats hampster! Welcome to AI Parentage.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:11
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Congrats angryhamster!
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Feb 5, 2015 17:11
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I clicked on the facebook AI group once and now it keeps suggesting these pages.  
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Feb 5, 2015 17:21
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I assume this is a congratulations? Well, phew. The Governor is announcing 350 layoffs today, but apparently my division of DOT is escaping so far with only a currently vacant position being lost. A gal in my office, who is due in April, found out yesterday that her husband's position at the Department of Administration is getting cut 
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Feb 5, 2015 17:32
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angryhampster posted:Gentlemen (and lady or two) I suppose now is as good a time as any. My wife has peed on things. Congrats, dude. Happy for you both.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:36
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congrats hampster, get ready cause your little one will be here before you know it our daughter just hit 7 weeks and it's been a blur
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Yea we had stopped using prevention methods back in the fall. We were pretty surprised though because my work schedule doesn't allow us much time together. I guess my swimmers are pretty potent.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:38
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BraveUlysses posted:congrats hampster, get ready cause your little one will be here before you know it Sheeit, my youngest is about to hit 6 years and it's been a blur. Grats, hampster!
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Feb 5, 2015 17:38
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I accidentally murdered an emergency exit light earlier. Got a work order to replace a non-op light, brought along a brand new one and hooked it up the same as the old one. 30 seconds later there is a pop and all the magic smoke is released and the new light switches to battery power. At which point I realize that the emergency lights in this building must operate on 277V instead of 120V, and whoever hooked up the old light hadn't hooked it up right and had fried the old one immediately as well and then didn't notice (or more likely, didn't give a gently caress). That's what I get for assuming the original install was correct, I guess.  on the plus side, now I've got a nifty office decoration until the backup battery dies in this new light 
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BraveUlysses posted:congrats hampster, get ready cause your little one will be here before you know it How did the pregnancy go? My wife was feeling pretty crappy for about a month, but she's got a lot more energy and better attitude now. Apparently the first trimester the female jsut feels like garbage.
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I honestly don't get having a kid. Some babies are cool, but it seems like the majority of them are retarded and/or out of control, between that and having to deal with making GBS threads, pissing, vomiting, chewing, crawling, crying and astronomical pediatrician bills I have no clue why anyone would want a kid. No offense to baby havers but I just don't get it. Congrats.
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Cage posted:I honestly don't get having a kid. Some babies are cool, but it seems like the majority of them are retarded and/or out of control, between that and having to deal with making GBS threads, pissing, vomiting, chewing, crawling, crying and astronomical pediatrician bills I have no clue why anyone would want a kid. No offense to baby havers but I just don't get it. I'm sure I'll be asking myself the same thing in 7 months. LOL
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meatpimp posted:Sheeit, my youngest is about to hit 6 years and it's been a blur. Grats, hampster! My youngest is going on eight and it's been a blur. She wants to create her own youtube channel. I don't know how I feel about that.
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While I, too, don't understand the appeal of having children, right after somebody makes the announcement is really not the place to be bringing it up. That's why I hate telling people we don't plan to have any - everyone ends up assuming we're all raging anti-kid. That's absolutely not the case for most people without kids and it's hard to get across when people get so goddamn smug about it with parents. Edit: this was aimed at Cage.
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That was from our dog argument back on page two. leica posted:I honestly don't get dog ownership. Some dogs are cool, but it seems like the majority of them are retarded and/or out of control, between that and having to deal with making GBS threads, pissing, shedding, chewing, digging, barking and astronomical vet bills I have no clue why anyone would want a dog. No offense to dog people but I just don't get it.
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angryhampster posted:How did the pregnancy go? My wife was feeling pretty crappy for about a month, but she's got a lot more energy and better attitude now. Apparently the first trimester the female jsut feels like garbage. Anecdotal experience ahoy! Pretty much get ready for it being similar to everyone else's pregnancy and NOT AT ALL like it at the same time. We had some friends that were pretty sick throughout, others that did great. Both of ours to date have been pretty good, but lots of nausea/morning sickness type of stuff through the entire pregnancy. If your Mrs. has gallbladder issues, prepare for those to return with a vengeance. Welp. Not like we haven't had this discussion a couple times already. Let's just pass this one over, m'kay guys?
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You butts I dont care about kids, have all of the kids I dont care it was a joke.
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Do what makes you happy. If having kids makes you happy, have done kids. If not, don't.
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Cage posted:That was from our dog argument back on page two. It's funnier now that you requoted this. We all have very short memories.
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Cage posted:You butts I dont care about kids, have all of the kids I dont care it was a joke. I got the reference right away if it makes you feel better 
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angryhampster posted:How did the pregnancy go? My wife was feeling pretty crappy for about a month, but she's got a lot more energy and better attitude now. Apparently the first trimester the female jsut feels like garbage. It was pretty rough for the first 4-5 months, she was really nauseous and lost a lot of weight (only gained 10lbs by the day she delivered compared ot pre-pregnancy weight) and skipped a lot of meals which led her to having gestational diabeetus and having warning signs of pre-ecclampsia, which led to her being induced 3 weeks early. It worked out well because I ended up having a bunch of holiday and vacation time and managed to get my tax break 
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angryhampster posted:How did the pregnancy go? My wife was feeling pretty crappy for about a month, but she's got a lot more energy and better attitude now. Apparently the first trimester the female jsut feels like garbage. The next 7 months-ish will be a blur. For my wife, the first tri was nothing but throwing up. To the point I stopped asking if she was ok and didn't even wake up in the middle of the night. Second tri was good. She got increasingly horny as time went on. Third tri it's like someone gives them a constant supply of uppers and she'll have all the energy in the world. She will start nesting and it will drive you absolutely insane. Then the last month/couple of weeks she'll grow increasingly irritable and ready for the baby to come out (they are fat and miserable and anxious to meet the new spawn). Babies are tough little dudes/dudettes. The first few diapers you change will be black tar that doesn't even smell. And as long as Everyone is going to give you advice and listen to about 1/10th of it. That said? Advice: Babies cry. That's what they do. That's how they communicate because they can't say "Hey. Angryhampster. Dude. We gotta talk. My diapers full / I'm gassy and if you don't burp me I'm going to explode". If you get into the habit of picking them up and coo'ing over them or feeding them, they'll go all Pavlovian on you and associate crying with awesome cuddling and warm milky boobs. Babies are like puppies that slowly learn to talk. There's a dvd we watched about very specific cries and sounds babies make and their meanings. I thought "Yeah, whatever, it's some know it all mom that just wants to sell DVDs". But after we watched it, it was like a direct line of communication opened up between the baby and us. I'll see if I can find out the name and post it. Set a specific schedule for food, naps, etc. Get them on a schedule - their body will adjust. And don't give in to crying. I could write a huge effort post on this but, man, it works. Last thing? Don't go all "THE ROOM / PACIFIER IS CONTAMINATED. WARNING WARNING WARNING" and worry about sterilizing everything and hand sanitizers. Babies and kids need some dirt. If you have a dog or cat, introduce them early. They need dirt and germs and whatnot to build a good healthy immune system. Assuming the pacifier didn't just drop into a vat of influenza snot or dog poo poo, wipe it on your pants leg and shove that sucker right back into their mouth. And follow the vaccination to the letter. Having a kid is absolutely the coolest thing in the world. Tide fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Feb 5, 2015 |
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SperginMcBadposter posted:I clicked on the facebook AI group once and now it keeps suggesting these pages. oh heyyyyyyyyyyyy Was wondering where all the recent likes were coming form. Re: kid chat. My friend had a kid. That is cool. I do not want kids. I might get a cat soon.
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Slow is Fast posted:
You need another recce car. My parents used nyquil on my pacifier. *shrug*
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Tide posted:There's a dvd we watched about very specific cries and sounds babies make and their meanings. I thought "Yeah, whatever, it's some know it all mom that just wants to sell DVDs". But after we watched it, it was like a direct line of communication opened up between the baby and us. I'll see if I can find out the name and post it. Happiest Baby on the Block. It's a good DVD, Ours is going to be 8 months old in 4 days. My biggest piece of advice is get what sleep you can. Ours has JUST started sleeping through the night, and we're still pretty sure its a fluke. Also: PPD IS A REAL THING (postpartum depression) and it hits some ladies haaaaaaard. Don't ignore it, get her some help.
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Found it. It was Dunstan Baby Language. Highly recommend it. We passed it around to some friends and it was all  responses. I think once we got our kid on formula (wife's boobs weren't producing enough milk) at 3 months or so, things got really easy. He would fall asleep on the boob and not get enough and she wasn't making enough to begin with. Somewhere around 5-6 months old, our pediatrian told us to cut out the 2-3am feeding and see if he would sleep through the night. He cried for about a minute the first night and that was it. From then on, he would sleep from 11pm to 6pm, then 9pm to 6pm. It was glorious. But we had him so scheduled (6am, 9am (nap to 12pm), 12pm, 3pm (nap to 6pm), 6pm, 9pm) with everything so it easy. Even at 8 years old, he goes to sleep without much fuss at 8pm and gets up with me at 530am or 6am. Agree, PPD is a very real thing. Got my wife pretty hard as well and she's one of the most positive, bubbly people you'll ever meet.
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Lucky. Ours is a member of the "30 minute nap club" her whole life. She transitions rough, even now. If we have the volume up on her monitor, she'll wake us when she moans and grumbles as she transitions from shallow to deep sleep. She'll do it though, which is way better than before. We also had a much easier time when we got her on formula, but she had reflux, so it was Alimentum for us and Prilosec until she was 6 months old. #babychat
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