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LloydDobler posted:Also that's the other part that bothers me about the "self defense" angle. Protesters and Antifa are NOT INTERESTED IN DEATH. The worst he was facing was a beatdown, and maybe a pretty bad one if he got mouthy or shouted a slur. So loving sad. The self-defence angle is, if I'm understanding it right, de-legitamised by his having already shot someone prior to people chasing after him, which seems to be the thing to focus on, and any "what is reasonable force for self defence in that situation?" debates are as such not relevant. Edit: Looks like MJ420 got there before me.
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Safety Dance posted:That's a gorgeous cargo bike. Thanks! There’s a handful of similar models from other brands, but I think this is the coolest both in style and function. Doesn’t hurt that it’s designed right here in Copenhagen. It’s a Larry vs. Harry Bullitt if anyone’s wondering.
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Weather chat: The last 48 hours our local weather has been influenced by Hurricane Laura. I don't know if it's the drop in barometric pressure, but I'm abnormally irritable and I'm watching normally rational people act out-of-sorts. People chat: Very few people can remain rational while experiencing strong emotions. I'm not one of those people, therefore I tend to press pause when in an emotional situation and regroup. Rhyno chat: Congrats on closing! Now go get some carpet burn on those knees! Beep beep vroom! August chat: It's almost over
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bolind posted:Thanks! There’s a handful of similar models from other brands, but I think this is the coolest both in style and function. I vastly prefer that type of cargo bike to the big boxy three-wheelers, It's much more agile.
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KozmoNaut posted:I vastly prefer that type of cargo bike to the big boxy three-wheelers, It's much more agile. We also have an electric three-wheeler and it’s like driving a Russian forklift. I’ve unintentionally had it on two wheels more times than I’d like to admit.
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Aug 28, 2020 20:14
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bolind posted:...and, instead I bought this. (I know this isn't YLLS, forgive me.) I imagine if I owned this I'd end up putting friends in the front. Such a cool bike. What made you pick up a cargo bike? Are you going to throw a stereo on it and ride about pumping tunes?
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Aug 28, 2020 20:19
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I've never seen a cargo bike like that. Looks rad!
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slidebite posted:I've never seen a cargo bike like that. Looks rad! That style is a descendant of the original Long John cargo bike, which is a Danish invention  
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I imagine if I owned this I'd end up putting friends in the front. Such a cool bike. What made you pick up a cargo bike? Are you going to throw a stereo on it and ride about pumping tunes? I ferry my kid around all the time. It holds an adult, but the riding characteristics and effort required to get up a hill might go a bit in the wrong direction... they do offer an e-version though. No stereo, I’m way too old and boring for that. And slidebite, thanks, it’s actually conceptually a very old design, known as a Long John. Edit: what Kozmo said way better
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Just got back from recycling 8 gallons of oil, an old battery, and a half gallon of brake fluid. The auto parts store doesn't take brake fluid. That's kind of stupid, because they sell it. I drove over to Brakes Plus, and asked if I could give them $5 to take it or something. The first guy was like "nah we can't just take stuff" and I gave him a "cmon, really?" and two other guys jumped over and said "Yeah, just give it to me". I get that there's some liability issues but jesus what's a home mechanic supposed to do? Pour it out in a ditch? The only place I know of other than local shops with large tanks is the main recycling center, which is a half hour drive and $20 minimum to dump anything. Of course I just realized that I'm planning a trip to my friendly local Volvo shop to dump off some other parts I don't need anymore, they would have let me dump the brake fluid in their vat.
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Goober Peas posted:People chat: I feel you. I get angry, for example, and stop thinking. I've let my mouth write a few checks I couldn't cash over my lifetime. quote:August chat: I will admit to some trepidation about the next few months, though.
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LloydDobler posted:Just got back from recycling 8 gallons of oil... and a half gallon of brake fluid. The auto parts store doesn't take brake fluid.
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LloydDobler posted:Just got back from recycling 8 gallons of oil, an old battery, and a half gallon of brake fluid. The auto parts store doesn't take brake fluid. That's kind of stupid, because they sell it. I drove over to Brakes Plus, and asked if I could give them $5 to take it or something. The first guy was like "nah we can't just take stuff" and I gave him a "cmon, really?" and two other guys jumped over and said "Yeah, just give it to me". I get that there's some liability issues but jesus what's a home mechanic supposed to do? Pour it out in a ditch? The only place I know of other than local shops with large tanks is the main recycling center, which is a half hour drive and $20 minimum to dump anything. Search for Household hazardous waste + the name of your county or city.
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Finally fixed my horn, now: i got that certified beep seven days a week, loud arse horn didnt used to make a peep
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trouser chili posted:Thanks for the insight. I was tested for mononucleosis during my last visit to the urgent care center, they ran couple tested including a rapid for strep that was negative. I don't know the results of the other tests other than a pre-recorded phonecall that said the tests were complete and I'm on the right treatment plan (Penicillin V Potassium 500MG two tabs every 12 hours). No problem. Antibiotic overuse for pharyngitis by people who don't understand Centor Criteria, pretest probability impact on test accuracy, and the simple fact that penicillin is not intended to treat the disease, only its sequelae, is a huge pet peeve of mine. You probably need to treat at least 20,000 people to prevent one case of rheumatic heart disease nowadays, and something like 1/9 of patients will have some sort of adverse effect to the antibiotics. Couple that with the fact that 1/8 people's throats are colonized with Group A Strep (and so will always have a positive rapid strep), and you end up with a ton of people on unnecessary antibiotics. There's actually a part of me that's happy that whoever saw you (who was probably an NP or a PA) didn't put you on steroids and a five-day course of azithromycin. That's, like, the undertrained midlevel cocktail for everything ENT.
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I just found out I'm allergic to bees when I got stung twice on a jobsite, cleaning gutters, and yellow jackets had nested in the debris. They did not appreciate me picking up their nest. Little bastards put me in the hospital I reported the incident to my supervisor, and also told him later that my throat had started to close, so I have informed my employer that I was injured on the job and required medical intervention I really want file a workman's comp claim, because gently caress paying for an ambulance and an ER visit, but I'm also trying to get a promotion. Maybe wait and see if I can secure the promotion before the 45 day reporting window closes and then bring it up? I could always sue the homeowners for neglecting to remove debris that they nested in, and us that there were an abundance of yellow jackets on their property, but I feel like that's going to get me straight fired hahaha
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tetrapyloctomy posted:unnecessary antibiotics. If nothing else gets us first, my money is on this being the thing that really starts killing mankind soon-ish.
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Obviously YMMV, you’d need to involve a lawyer, etc, but - I’m pretty sure passing someone over for a promotion because of a WC claim is lawsuit city.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:No problem. Antibiotic overuse for pharyngitis by people who don't understand Centor Criteria, pretest probability impact on test accuracy, and the simple fact that penicillin is not intended to treat the disease, only its sequelae, is a huge pet peeve of mine. You probably need to treat at least 20,000 people to prevent one case of rheumatic heart disease nowadays, and something like 1/9 of patients will have some sort of adverse effect to the antibiotics. Couple that with the fact that 1/8 people's throats are colonized with Group A Strep (and so will always have a positive rapid strep), and you end up with a ton of people on unnecessary antibiotics. It might be confermation bias, but I've known 3 people who have had severe reactions to penicillin class antibiotics, including anaphylaxis, yet no one seems to get a warning with their prescription, I just think it's bizarre.
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Krakkles posted:Obviously YMMV, you’d need to involve a lawyer, etc, but - I’m pretty sure passing someone over for a promotion because of a WC claim is lawsuit city. On top of the herculean task of proving any retaliation in at will employment, I'm also trying to get the missus a part time gig there too. I gotta do this one trés doucement for the both of us. But I am not paying for that ambulance, under any circumstances
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Your employer pays workman's comp insurance for this reason. Use it dumb rear end.
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"I want to get my spouse a job here, so I can't risk endangering that by demonstating they treat employees like crap".
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It's America, these are legitimate concerns for employees. I'm definitely going to use the workman's comp, but I really, really hope that my boss does the right thing and offers to pay it in full. I'm just formulating backup plans in case the owner turns out to be a dick
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Elmnt80 posted:Your employer pays workman's comp insurance for this reason. Use it dumb rear end. Not only that - it protects the employer too! It covers the employee's pay, and the company's losses for being down an employee while seekimg care and/or out of commission. It's (generally) not super expensive for what it covers.
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Holy balls seriously 2020? Wakanda Forever! How this man had cancer to that degree and kept it out of the public eye. Glad to hear he was with his family.
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found out the hard way that I'm no longer immune to poison ivy. Luckily I'm not dead I suppose. Honestly considering how up in it all I was, I should be mush worse off considering what I've seen it do to other people. I was just ripping up armfulls of it and carrying it back into the woods in huge wads. IT really doesn't even look all that bad. I've had it for about a week so it's just now getting really red but it barely itches. So weird that it never bothered me before. I've gotten into it so many times and come out fine whereas other people all got really bad rashes. Same goes for poison oak. I guess I probably shouldn't gently caress with that either.
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It's A Thing that you get more allergic to poison ivy/oak the more you're exposed, I'm also immune now, but I don't think I'll take any chances.
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My roomate has his parents camping in our yard while their house goes up for sale, and oh boy am I enjoying the alt-right power hour going on in my kitchen. They are selling their house to flee all the libs in Seattle, btw. My girlfriend is pissed because I didn't drop everything and drive over to her place, to help socialize her new kitten (also I've been drinking) 12 working hours this week have been devoted to waiting for delayed FedEx packages. I need a vacation. E: but I can't do that because there's a pandemic, so I'd just be stuck in my lovely rotten house with my increasingly off the deep end roomates.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Holy balls seriously 2020? Wakanda Forever! He was sighted in public a few weeks ago and he looked really bad.
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Elviscat posted:12 working hours this week have been devoted to waiting for delayed FedEx packages. Oh god, I found 338 Win Mag for under $2/rnd shipped, and the FedEx driver marked it as delivered despite never being on my street. Thanks Ring doorbell for proof! What a pain in the dick. (They also keep "losing" or destroying our boxes from Imperfect Foods.) Also, apparently FedEx has a "Code Purple" for some amount of ammo going missing changing from a "problem" to "A Problem(tm)". I didn't qualify, and the lady on the phone sounded a bit disappointed about that.
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They've pulled that poo poo with my personal packages, just mark it as delivered! Or undeliverable! With the gear in these boxes, it would have been an issue if they were lost.
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InitialDave posted:Guess who has eight and a half gallons of oil?  Ether Frenzy posted:2020 gently caress Black Panther is my single favorite MCU film by a decent margin and Chadwick was a huge part of why that is. loving sucks.
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God drat. I don't even know how to process that.
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He was also really good in 21 Bridges. But Black Panther was tip top! Almost gfelt like he was going to be a A lister for life but life was a bit short 
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InitialDave posted:Guess who has eight and a half gallons of oil? I mean it's glycol unless you're running exotic silicone or mineral bullshit, better to mix it into waste coolant. But yanno, also something the store could have done.
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The Door Frame posted:I just found out I'm allergic to bees when I got stung twice on a jobsite, cleaning gutters, and yellow jackets had nested in the debris. They did not appreciate me picking up their nest. Little bastards put me in the hospital Wasps/hornets, not bees. Don't blame the bees, please.
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So anyways, closing went great. Tree cleanup going well. Third virtual session completed. For a free counselor she was pretty great to talk to but I guess now she'll match me with an actual therapist and we'll see how that goes. Edit: and i've eaten a ton of bread this week and now i'm super gassy Rhyno fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Aug 29, 2020 |
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My (allegedly) trusty $50 chinese battery jumper that hasn't been used in a month decided to just commit suicide tonight, of course this is because I was about to go to a drive-in concert for Metallica tomorrow and this was my 'any car will start even if we run the radio for 3 hours at a drive-in theater' insurance. Is there any chance this will explode and kill me and I can avoid the rest of 2020, and unrelated: Should I put it in the microwave for 10 minutes to ensure this happens?
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Ether Frenzy posted:My (allegedly) trusty $50 chinese battery jumper that hasn't been used in a month decided to just commit suicide tonight, of course this is because I was about to go to a drive-in concert for Metallica tomorrow and this was my 'any car will start even if we run the radio for 3 hours at a drive-in theater' insurance. Make a small hole in it using a knife to ensure that the pressure can escape rather than building up!  Please please don't do this
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