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So, last Friday I did some laundry that I forgot about, as I was feverishly working to finish my Important Document. Monday night, I open it, and realize that the water hadn't drained. Wednesday, I pulled most of my clothes out. Thursday, I leave a message with the office. Friday, I call again, and get a person to describe my stagnant water to. They say that they'll take care of it Monday. Last night, Hanna hit us. Somehow, my apartment got only a drip-drip from my ceiling fan. My friend, and many of our neighbors, had their ceilings collapse from water damage, allowing water to flow into them freely. Shingles torn from roofs leaving holes. One parking awning crumpled onto a truck. So, I spend the day helping my friend and getting stoned. Eventially I convince him and some others to join me in my truck, to survey the damage around town and rubberneck for youtube. We are a convoy now. As we're leaving our street, I can't start my car,. I clann and dry the battery terminals, which fixes the problem. So, i think it's in my terminals, and I continue with confidence. We drive arouns town, get some good shots. About a 15 min drive (regular) from our house, my truck stops again. This time at a light. I clean and 'dry' the posts again as cars drive around us, and we limp to a corner store. From here, I cannot start my truck. Our convoy buddy takes a listen. My 'starter' was shorted by the water I had been plowing through. The computer, which kept the starter from getting too hosed, was restarted each time i unhooked the battery, allowing it to work. I keep turning her over, and eventually lose all power. Then, my buddy tries to tow me with two ties he weaved together. It comes undone, leaving me in the turn-out from the corner store, in what must have been 3-4 feet of water. So, we do the next best thing, and my buddy circles around and starts pushing me from behind with his truck. We make it out, and slowly start inching down the street. At this point, we're limping along, barely alive, as the winds and rain start picking back up with a vengence. Rain is lashing my bare face (windows stuck in doe6n position) i can barely barely see in front of me because both my glasses and the windshield are waterlogged on both sides, so I'm driving blind propelled by the guy behind me who is trusting me to steer us. My friend next to me is extremely done with the whole thing, and has already called his father to come pick him up from my truck. I'm exhilarated We make it back, against all the odds (passing 3 cops who chose to benignly mind their own). I take a shower, my friend jets, and I pledge a top quality quiche to my buddy and his girlfriend. I join my other neighbors' bbq for the complex, dance to tejano and edm, and have a very fulfilling taco dinner, like a flourish on the night's 't'. And now, I share my story, as I stew in this god-awful stench of water stagnant in my washer for a week and a half.
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Jul 27, 2020 03:37
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drat I haven’t made a quiche in forever that just made me think about that lol. 
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Jul 27, 2020 03:40
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What I thought about was my shame that I thought Romania was landlocked well away from any hurricanes
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Jul 27, 2020 04:07
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Hmm feels like making the decision to drive your non-boat vehicle around town in 3 feet of water would have avoided a lot of trouble for you.
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Jul 27, 2020 04:13
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Well, hindsight's 20/20
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Jul 27, 2020 04:17
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And I can't hear or read the name "Hanna" without thinking of the movie Hanna, and the part where the romanian grandmother says "Hanna"
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Jul 27, 2020 04:18
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Well that makes me feel better about my lack of Romania knowledge if you're not there, though I did not feel bad enough to look up earlier
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Jul 27, 2020 04:20
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Well, I'm glad i could make you feel slightly better As for the quiche, I'm thinking alsatian style, aka caramelized onion and garlic
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Jul 27, 2020 04:29
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[southern hick accent] Montana [/southern hick accent]
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Jul 27, 2020 04:33
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Daikloktos posted:What I thought about was my shame that I thought Romania was landlocked well away from any hurricanes Black Sea hurricanes are the deadliest in the world.
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Jul 27, 2020 04:33
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:drat I haven’t made a quiche in forever that just made me think about that lol. heck same
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Jul 27, 2020 04:54
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The romanian timezone sucks! Its 10 hours different from me, I have to schedule my meetings at 8 AM whenever I need to talk to our romanian teams!!!
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Jul 27, 2020 04:56
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Everybody in our romanian offices owns though. they're actually all trailblazers and will pretty much always be the ones to volunteer to use new features
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Jul 27, 2020 04:57
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All of the early adopters of my horizontal pod autoscaling initiative are romanian. they own. I've never met a dumb romanian engineer
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Jul 27, 2020 05:29
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Grape posted:Black Sea hurricanes are the deadliest in the world.
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Jul 27, 2020 07:06
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Methanar posted:All of the early adopters of my horizontal pod autoscaling initiative are romanian. they own. I've never met a dumb romanian engineer Do you build cloning vats for black sea dolphins?
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Jul 27, 2020 09:28
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i didn’t read the op i just want to know what Hanna sounds like or means in romanian accent
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Jul 27, 2020 10:18
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Since from the sounds of it you were driving stoned, I'm glad your car broke.
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Jul 27, 2020 13:32
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That lady from What We Do In the Shadows does the sexiest fake Eastern European accent. Bye
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Jul 27, 2020 14:34
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Omfg i forgot to mention the green lightning. During the night, all the lighting strikes were green. Like the color green. The whole sky turning green at twelve oclock at night
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Jul 27, 2020 20:49
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I also forgot to describe the feeling of walking into thw wind. Just wind rushing past yout body, a uniform push on every oart. The ankles, and shoulders and hands and face, all with an equal push And you walk into it, and the wind blows harder, and you walk harder, and the wind blows harder Until you're like, pushing and not making much progress, but some. Crazy
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Jul 27, 2020 20:57
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Nu cred că sunt uragane în România.
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Jul 27, 2020 22:38
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TL;DR can we get a summation mate?
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Jul 27, 2020 23:56
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Wendigee posted:TL;DR he thought his washer was the refrigerator and poured a tub of chili into it with his pants, inventing chili pants
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Jul 28, 2020 00:32
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Cubone posted:he thought his washer was the refrigerator and poured a tub of chili into it with his pants, inventing chili pants Breh bae-sycle-ee
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Jul 28, 2020 06:42
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Inverted Icon posted:Omfg i forgot to mention the green lightning. During the night, all the lighting strikes were green. Like the color green. The whole sky turning green at twelve oclock at night That sounds like a trip. 
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Jul 28, 2020 06:48
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It was and is a trip. They have us housed like refugees in a hitel while my realty group tries to stall on letting us kno know thr units are totally unlivable until after rent is due on the first, presumably in full. They're letting me break, because I already see whats coming. Not all of my fellows are listening to me, though
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Jul 30, 2020 20:35
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Wait you live in romania right? Can’t you just live in a Gypsy camp and commute to work or whatever? Like just bank everything. 
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Jul 30, 2020 20:48
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That's likely to be close to what ends up happening
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Jul 30, 2020 21:28
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The Bramble posted:Hmm feels like making the decision to drive your non-boat vehicle around town in 3 feet of water would have avoided a lot of trouble for you. bramble in these uncertain times where our future may be cut short in an instant, i want to say ive always admired your av.
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Jul 30, 2020 21:36
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Wait you live in romania right? Can’t you just live in a Gypsy camp and commute to work or whatever? Like just bank everything. Man please go to a group of Roma people and call them that, post video please tia.
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Jul 30, 2020 21:47
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Justin Credible posted:Man please go to a group of Roma people and call them that, post video please tia. Why? Are people ashamed of being Gypsies or something?
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Jul 30, 2020 23:44
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Why? Are people ashamed of being Gypsies or something? this is can of worms in europe. really racist brain eating worms. actually make that can a barrel
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Jul 30, 2020 23:49
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Pajser posted:this is can of worms in europe. I’m not the one calling anyone “tomato people”. 
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