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I couldn't tell you the names of the places we've been if you put a gun to my head. First time was while in line for BBQ. Second was outside Madness Comics. Overall the city is nice though. Been very good to get away from home for a fee days.
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family got quoted 110 bucks to clean out the gutters, i told them i'd do it for that because im turbobroke and running low on food. took two full days and i nearly died, probably should have asked for more money but hey, at least this beer tastes loving AMAZING. VACCINE CHAT: congrats on everyone for getting 5g, i still havent gotten around to it because it would require me to either register my car (money i doesnt have) or take public tranport during a turbopandemic. hopefully my local gp starts doing vaccines soon so i can finally do my part. christ i wish the advice wasnt so confusing tho
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big dong wanter posted:family got quoted 110 bucks to clean out the gutters, i told them i'd do it for that because im turbobroke and running low on food. You are in Australia aren't you? Condolences for how badly your country rollout has been hosed up if your local GP isn't doing shots yet. If there are vaccines on offer that you have to travel to and you are allowed to do so; assuming that you don't have asthma or any other health issues I would mask up, use lots of hand sanitiser and get on that bus to go get stabbed. Can you not get aforementioned family to drive you there in return for that $110 they just saved?
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Aug 29, 2021 12:21
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Aug 29, 2021 12:57
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poo poo. I had a hell of a fun time in New Orleans a few years back. I think.
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Tomarse posted:You are in Australia aren't you? Condolences for how badly your country rollout has been hosed up if your local GP isn't doing shots yet. im not allowed to be in the same car as them (or go to their house to clean the gutter for cash but they are a half dozen blocks away) got off the phone from cenno and it should be reinstated next week so hopefully i can sort the car and get me the jab. might end up scabbing a lift despite the risk because vaccines always hit me like a ton of bricks and driving a ~400hp sedan with bald tyres when you are feeling a bit poo poo seems like a bad idea.
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LloydDobler posted:On a lighter note, living halfway out in the sticks has its advantages. A local winery that a friend of mine works for hosts an event called Planets & Pinot where they sell wine and have pro and amateur astronomers set up their telescopes for some tipsy stargazing. Masks were strictly enforced except when you were in your group spot. But what a beautiful evening. Summer is ending but it's very nice. That's totally my jam. Looks like fun!
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everdave posted:To be clear my fam all vaxxed except my kids who can’t be yet Then I wouldn’t worry about it. Just get boosters when you can.
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On covid chat I was sent a link to a thread on reddit (I know, I know) and a bunch of doctors/nurses and such are commenting that in their hospitals, delta is wiping the unvaxxed out. https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/pbvcdu/uhh_are_any_of_these_unvaccinated_patients_in/ quote:Uhh, are any of these unvaccinated patients in ICUs making it?
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Last night in Dallas. Overall a great time, got to explore an artsy neighborhood, scored some comics and toys I couldn't find back home, didn't think about work once and most importantly, got to hang with my best dude for almost four whole days. I feel so good right now. If not for my wife I wouldn't want to go home.
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Aug 29, 2021 21:52
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Brother in law FINALLY got vaccinated because he was given the ultimatum of "get it or get fired" A friend of mine has "awful arm pain" from the vaccine. Every time I see him, he constantly rubs his lower arm where he claims it hurts. I suggested maybe he should lay off rubbing it really hard multiple times a day and maybe the pain would go away, but he said it's the only thing that quote "helps". Sure pal. You digging your thumb into your forearm for 10 minutes at a whack really helps. Note: he was basically forced to get the vaccine, I'm sure he would have opted out if it wasn't a job requirement. Now he bitches about forced vaccination as fascism... He's ex-military, which means he was forcibly vaccinated on day 1 of basic.
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I mentioned earlier I think that I got both the Moderna and the Pfizer, so nobody could say I'm antivax, but after one of those 4 shots the arm where they stuck me was loving useless for like 5 days. I told my wife I felt like Bob Dole. It was bad enough that I couldn't lift weights and if it had been my mouse arm I might have had to call into work.
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Imagined posted:I mentioned earlier I think that I got both the Moderna and the Pfizer, so nobody could say I'm antivax, but after one of those 4 shots the arm where they stuck me was loving useless for like 5 days. I told my wife I felt like Bob Dole. It was bad enough that I couldn't lift weights and if it had been my mouse arm I might have had to call into work. My friend was vaccinated in March.
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sharkytm posted:My friend was vaccinated in March. LOL and he's still complaining?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:On covid chat I was sent a link to a thread on reddit (I know, I know) and a bunch of doctors/nurses and such are commenting that in their hospitals, delta is wiping the unvaxxed out. GG what a chilling (and worthwhile) thread. That poo poo is the stuff of nightmares
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Rhyno posted:Last night in Dallas. Overall a great time, got to explore an artsy neighborhood, scored some comics and toys I couldn't find back home, didn't think about work once and most importantly, got to hang with my best dude for almost four whole days. Bishop Arts, Oak Cliff, Deep Ellum, West End... which neighborhood? Those are the ones that come to mind when you say "artsy". Lots of fun stuff to do and see in Dallas; I miss it to an extent, but holy poo poo I do NOT miss the traffic or drivers. I do miss Malibu Grand Prix (Malibu Speedzone was a very lovely version of the original, IMO), though both are long gone. I still have my "racing license" from there!  I was even kinda cute.. in 1996.  you can still sorta see the track of the old Austin location here; part of a used car lot now.
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I remember going to the one here as a kid and thinking how cool it'd be when I was old enough / big enough to drive the big karts, and had money to do so. It closed up long before that happened, unfortunately, and there's nothing remotely left of it. Got completely destroyed circa 2003-04 for a Fedex hub. It was also just down the road from an R/C track that closed up around the same time, maybe a bit earlier even. 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:On covid chat I was sent a link to a thread on reddit (I know, I know) and a bunch of doctors/nurses and such are commenting that in their hospitals, delta is wiping the unvaxxed out. Get to work on updating the resume, basically rewriting from scratch, this week for slots opening up on new systems coming in. Old days with smaller company we'd pretty much just move to the new spot then work out the details, doesn't work that way with the larger company that acquired us. Have to do the full resume, apply, interviews and it mostly comes down to whether the customer thinks we fit the position in the end. I've worked with this customer since 2009 when I moved to TN but that doesn't make me any less stressed. Been thinking a lot lately about selling off most of the cars that aren't getting driven often to fund one really fun car and a bunch of home projects. Sure I'd miss looking at them but due to health issues I've driven the E28 about 500 miles and the E30 zero miles since fall 2019. NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Aug 30, 2021 |
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My nephew went to the ER early this morning with what turned out to be a bowel obstruction, but there were no rooms in the hospital for him to be admitted. They're still looking for one in the city for him right now. Get loving vaccinated, assholes, and give your family and friends a dope slap if they won't. Enough loving around.
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Official results came through, no delta breakthrough. Just a bad cold. First time I've been sick in something like 2 years. I am hyper aware with breathing now and when my nostrils got plugged and could only rely on mouth breathing... even though I could breath fine I actually had a sense of dread in the back of my mind going thinking "wow. This would loving suck if you want to breath and mucus is what block you" - ugh, what a terrible way to go. Feeling a fair amount better today but still not going in the office. Will cancel my in-person meetings and just do remote.Imagined posted:My nephew went to the ER early this morning with what turned out to be a bowel obstruction, but there were no rooms in the hospital for him to be admitted. They're still looking for one in the city for him right now. Get loving vaccinated, assholes, and give your family and friends a dope slap if they won't. Enough loving around. slidebite fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Aug 30, 2021 |
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It was said earlier but every bit of hospital news reaffirms my feelings about this. gently caress em. They had their chance, they'd rather chug horse meds. I am out of compassion. I have no more humanity. gently caress em.
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slidebite posted:Official results came through, no delta breakthrough. Just a bad cold. Yeah me too, haven't been sick in years so i thought for sure it was covid but I tested negative thank god.
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Labor Day is always a good time to think about getting a flu shot, too.
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Any suggestions for getting out leaf spring pins? They’re stuck in the bushings and I’m trying to avoid torching them out. I had a shower thought to try some DEET, I might do that after work.
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So I was on the highway yesterday when I passed a man and woman riding one of those huge tricycle cruisers, with the big saddlebags and all, and then pulling a small trailer, and I'm like... I think bikes are cool and everything, but at that point why would you not just DRIVE A CAR?
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At least drive a convertible.
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Starting a new job today! In other news I wrote a letter to thr property manager next door and they called to coordinate some tree removal! The system works!
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NitroSpazzz posted:That's a hell of a read. Good reminder to make sure your will, power of attorney and everything else is taken care of. Also a good time to make sure your family is aware if you want to go the DNR route. This has been my goal for two years. I’ve sold 8 cars and will only keep the ones I really enjoy. 10/10 would recommend.
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Imagined posted:So I was on the highway yesterday when I passed a man and woman riding one of those huge tricycle cruisers, with the big saddlebags and all, and then pulling a small trailer, and I'm like... I think bikes are cool and everything, but at that point why would you not just DRIVE A CAR? But what I don't get at all are those 3 wheel abortions like Polaris Slingshot. You basically have all the risks and downsides of a motorcycle but none of the benefits.
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Imagined posted:My nephew went to the ER early this morning with what turned out to be a bowel obstruction, but there were no rooms in the hospital for him to be admitted. They're still looking for one in the city for him right now. Get loving vaccinated, assholes, and give your family and friends a dope slap if they won't. Enough loving around. slidebite posted:I've heard reports of some areas doing potential triage based on vaccination status. I hope they don't have to do it, but if they do they don't wait because people dying due to zero fault of their own because the beds are full of trumpers is a god drat crime. Don't believe in science enough to get the universally recommended vaccine, but sure as gently caress believe in it when you can't breathe. Humphreys posted:Beep Beep!  Advent Horizon posted:Any suggestions for getting out leaf spring pins? They’re stuck in the bushings and I’m trying to avoid torching them out. the spyder posted:This has been my goal for two years. I’ve sold 8 cars and will only keep the ones I really enjoy. 10/10 would recommend.
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NitroSpazzz posted:F, good luck man that's a rough surgery. If you or he wants to talk to someone about what the expect, recovery, etc let me know...I went through it in April. Thanks. He was born with gastroschisis, and he's a grown man now, so I'm afraid this sort of thing is old hat for him. He's dealt with random GI bullshit and multiple surgeries. But this most recent thing started about midnight and it's almost noon now and they still haven't found him a room. Still sitting in the ER with an NG tube in. 
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Lights started flickering. UPS went into "so hey I see anywhere from 90 to 260 volts when I should see 120, gently caress you I'm going to battery" mood. Got the important poo poo unplugged quickly (TVs, microwave, coffee maker - UPS on my desktop had already shut it down). The modem and router have autoswitching 100-240V power supplies, they can deal with it. Two LED nightlights went up in smoke, one just stopped working entirely. Another was flickering like mad, but seems fine now. Garage door opener (on a different meter) let large amounts of smoke out, same with just about everything plugged in in the garage except for the PC (auto switching power supply), though the monitor that was plugged in is toast. I assume the PC is fine anyway; the HDD light is still flickering occasionally. Called the apt office - on site - they said no, our lights aren't flickering at all. Called the power company, they pulled data from our meter and immediately shut it off (along with every other smart meter for our building), said it looked like our building lost neutral. Awesome, at least most of the building has smart meters (the ones that don't get to suffer through fried poo poo). They already have a truck out here working on the pad xformer and got one phase restored @ 129V (going by my UPS). Pretty happy to be on a co-op right now; had this been a deregulated market, it would have taken hours to get anything done. If it was Austin Energy, they probably would have pulled power, but it would have taken a bit. I'm sure it'll drop down to our ~122 volts once they get both legs reconnected, but the guy I talked to said the neutral is crispy, so we'll have sporadic power while they replace it. Won't have both legs until that's done. Now if I can just get rid of the loving ozone + melted plastic smell... ugh. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Aug 30, 2021 |
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Imagined posted:Thanks. He was born with gastroschisis, and he's a grown man now, so I'm afraid this sort of thing is old hat for him. He's dealt with random GI bullshit and multiple surgeries. But this most recent thing started about midnight and it's almost noon now and they still haven't found him a room. Still sitting in the ER with an NG tube in. STR posted:Lights started flickering.
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slidebite posted:I sorta get the big "cruiser" harley/gold wing things. Especially if you are old or have a disability. It's a way to "kinda" on a cruiser and be in the "culture" (for what it is). I gotta admit, some old big fat biker dude on a three wheeler (with single front wheel, not other way around) is kinda funny some times seeing that. But I really think the other kind (slingshots et al) look dumb. In Ontario they're actually classified as "Motor Tricycles"
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NitroSpazzz posted:Yikes, does renters insurance or something cover all the fried electronics? Good thing you have the UPS to protect some of it. We do have renters insurance, with $10k of electronics coverage, but I think we got lucky - the only things we seem to have lost are probably most/all of our Wiz bulbs, most of our night lights (we both hate the dark), and maybe the smart display (1st gen Google Nest Home) + my alarm clock (1st gen Lenovo smart clock). Maybe the garage PC monitor, but it was on its last legs anyway (ghosting pretty bad, and it was pushing 15 yrs old). All told, adds up to less than my deductible. I'm hoping new power supplies for the alarm clock and smart display will revive them. Hell, maybe once they just sit for a bit they'll be okay - the wall wart for both were REALLY loving hot, but didn't smoke. I know the one for the Google/Nest/whatever display has a thermal cutout, I'm hoping the Lenovo one does too. Garage door opener belongs to the apartment complex, and it's long depreciated (23 years old). The only pain in the rear end there is having to get another remote to clone the ONE they give us. Oh, looks like the power supply for my burglar alarm let go too (alarm is running on battery right now; it'll run for about a week on battery) - wart is too hot to touch and smells like ozone - but I have 3 or 4 spares sitting around. It's a huge wall wart with 2 wires going to it that carry 16 VAC, not exactly hard to swap. Pretty much all non-DIY alarms use the exact same $10 power supply anyway. As long as it didn't take out the power supply on the alarm board, I'm happy (if it did, I'll be irritated, because non-DIY alarms are a pain in the rear end to program, especially with 90s/00s wireless poo poo). I'm too tired to dig out another wart for it, so it's just unplugged for now (it has an 8aH battery in it for a 4 zone system with 1 keypad and 1 motion, 3 of those zones are wireless... that battery should be capable of running it for 1-2 weeks). e: well looks like my UPS is also a causality. Didn't expect that. Still powers on, isn't reporting any issues, shows a fully charged battery...but the moment the power flickers it just goes dead. Oh well, the USB port was getting flaky anyway. I'll just swing by Fry's to get ano... oh.
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