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[NobodyHere]

Sir, you are a tease.

[Ksyrup]

They made a Broadway musical out of Jagged Little Pill? Come on.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

They made a Broadway musical out of Jagged Little Pill? Come on.

One of my top 20 albums. So much emotion.

[Ksyrup]

Eh. 90s music did not age well for me outside of a handful of artists/albums. The only thing I got out of Alanis is that Dave Coulier got a chick to go down on him in a movie theater, proving once again that just seeing someone who is on TV will turn people ridiculously irrational.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I filed my taxes a couple days before the July 15 deadline but have not yet received my tax refund. When I check online, it says "in progress" and that's it.

Anyone else missing their refund?

Happened to me too but it did finally just show up.

I filed well before April 15th and figured it would take more time with covid. Checked in late May and got the same "in progress" you are getting. Checked in June several times, still the same. Was beginning to wonder about it. I do still mail mine in (with auto deposit to my bank) and had the receipt from USPS so knew they had it.

Then one day in July it just showed up in my bank account.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

They made a Broadway musical out of Jagged Little Pill? Come on.

I was thinking that, too

SI

[Lathum]

Better David Johansen is a cab driver movie, Let It Ride or Scrooged?

[Lathum]

Wife had a guy out here to do an estimate on having Christmas lights professionally done. It’s. Not cheap.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Wife had a guy out here to do an estimate on having Christmas lights professionally done. It’s. Not cheap.

... and so? what was the range?

[Edward64]

Have to fess up and say I've thought of doing similar on my trips.

I've visited Angkor Wat (and other temples) and the country is still recovering from their wars, desperately in need for foreign cash infusion. I thought then that if they sold some of the old stones lying around (literally), I would buy one.

In Athens, climbing up the hill to the Parthenon, there are plenty of old stones lying around also. Sell some to tourists at a premium. I can see where wealthier tourists may want a BC rock/stone souvenir.

Tourist apologizes for stealing Roman ruins, being an 'a--hole'

An American tourist has returned a fragment of ancient marble stolen from a trip to Rome — along with a note apologizing for “being such an American a–hole.”

The Nation Roman Museum received a bulky package this week from Atlanta, Georgia, which contained the rock inscribed with the message, “To Sam, love Jess, Rome 2017” in black marker, the Guardian reported.

Along with the parcel was a letter asking for forgiveness from a visitor, who museum officials assume was a young woman named Jess.

“In 2017 she must have come to Rome, and took this fragment of marble in order to gift it to her boyfriend,” museum director Stéphane Verger told Italian newspaper Il Messaggero.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Edward64

... and so? what was the range?

about $1600

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Lathum

about $1600

You're right, that seems excessive.

[sterlingice]

Our local Facebook page talks about it being about $300 in our area in suburban Houston (2500-4000 sqft homes)

I dunno - I do my own lights.

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

about $1600

Sounds kinda high but something around $1,000 wouldn't be unheard of around me

[Lathum]

she decided against it. I though she was leaning that way but needed her to get there on her own

[damnMikeBrown]

Under the heading of things I never even considered as a possibility in my life...

I just had to catheterize my father in law.
My wife’s cousin (urologist) talked me through it over the phone. Plus, YouTube...

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Sounds kinda high but something around $1,000 wouldn't be unheard of around me

There's a company that quotes in excess of $3000 for lights here.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by damnMikeBrown

Under the heading of things I never even considered as a possibility in my life...

I just had to catheterize my father in law.
My wife’s cousin (urologist) talked me through it over the phone. Plus, YouTube...

wow.

I love my father in law like my own and think I would do that, but, hmm...

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by damnMikeBrown

Under the heading of things I never even considered as a possibility in my life...

I just had to catheterize my father in law.
My wife’s cousin (urologist) talked me through it over the phone. Plus, YouTube...

I think I would have called 911 and have the EMT do it (and pay the $x fee).

[damnMikeBrown]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I think I would have called 911 and have the EMT do it (and pay the $x fee).

We had them out earlier in the day.
“That is outside our protocol”

[GrantDawg]

And then Tonto went back to the Long Ranger. "What did the doctor say?" "He said you are going to die, Kemosabi."

[Ksyrup]

If there's a third Willy Wonka remake...

Nicolas Cage walking down the street with his son pic.twitter.com/mTvMDLO77J

— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) December 2, 2020

[NobodyHere]

If there was ever a reason to argue that the rich should be taxed more, look up Nic Cage's spending habits.

[NobodyHere]

I had a McRib today, I've never felt more American.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

If there was ever a reason to argue that the rich should be taxed more, look up Nic Cage's spending habits.

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

I had a McRib today, I've never felt more American.

These things feel way more related than they should.

[thesloppy]

I've never really understood the appeal of a McRib until I realized it's basically drenched in corn syrup. Doesn't make it not taste nasty to me personally, but I can at least understand/identify with why it's like crack to some folks (I'll just take my sugar fix in a milkshake).

[Lathum]

The McRib makes me glad I’m a vegetarian

[JonInMiddleGA]

Beats me which thread to put this in, so "random" will do. It's not serious enough for "mental health", too strictly personal for any of the Covid threads, so here it lands

I'm currently frustrated & furious at myself for my own mistake: I placed a sizable WM pickup order yesterday ... only to have it cancelled due to "operational issues" for the 2nd straight time.

I'm more mad at myself than them because I fucking knew better, I knew they weren't reliable at this point ... but that knowledge didn't pop into my head yesterday when I was TRYING to be helpful in the household & placed it. (usual division of labor: she deals with Instacart orders cause she has the account set up, I deal with WM pickup orders cause I already mastered that one)

I'm just 1000x pissed at myself for being too dim/distracted/braindead to realize that I'd once again end up with no order AND with $100+ tied up for 3 days while the banking unfucks itself.

[Kodos]

I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. I think we're all more prone to gaffes right now due to constant stress.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. I think we're all more prone to gaffes right now due to constant stress.

I'm trying to keep that mindset but $%@#$%@# I knew better ... I just didn't think better.

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions then I must have my own f'n asphalt plant.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Lathum

The McRib makes me glad I’m a vegetarian

Not to sound like an old man (though I am), these "McRibs" they keep bringing back don't hold a candle to the original. I craved those things so much back when they first came out. Every iteration since have gotten worse and worse.

[GrantDawg]

I am sitting through three hours of contuing education classes that are super boring. I did learn that in the fall, all the drone bees are cast out of the hive to die because they no longer add value to the colony. That is cold.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I am sitting through three hours of contuing education classes that are super boring. I did learn that in the fall, all the drone bees are cast out of the hive to die because they no longer add value to the colony. That is cold.

Was it use as an object lesson to explain how disposable you were?

SI

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Was it use as an object lesson to explain how disposable you were?

SI

no, the seminar is on pollinators. But it could have been.

[Lathum]

YouTube is amazing. Just took apart my washing machine to discover the drain pump is likely not working. Something that would have cost a few hundred dollars I am able to do for 1/10th of that.

[tarcone]

Google "Where does vanilla flavoring come from"

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Google "Where does vanilla flavoring come from"

So... beaver taint?

Google is getting easier to Google bomb, isn't it? Before, you really had to work to get Rick Santorum's name, um, slimed.

Also:
Does Your Food Contain Beaver Anal Secretions?

SI

[miami_fan]

Barring any unforeseen circumstances and, today is the first day of raising my last teenager. I will be slowly heading over to that kids leaving support thread as we go along.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Barring any unforeseen circumstances and, today is the first day of raising my last teenager. I will be slowly heading over to that kids leaving support thread as we go along.

As in your youngest kid has turned 13?

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Edward64

As in your youngest kid has turned 13?

Yup. The "Baby Boy" as he is known throughout the family is now a 6'1" 188 pounder 13 year old.

[NobodyHere]

It's kind of depressing that I can't find a good cult to join.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

It's kind of depressing that I can't find a good cult to join.

I am sure this forum can help.

What are your top 3 attributes you want in the cult?

Drugs, free sex, aliens etc.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I am sure this forum can help.

What are your top 3 attributes you want in the cult?

Drugs, free sex, aliens etc.

yes please

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

yes please

also I would like access to a dryer that actually gets my clothes dry

[Lathum]

I'm going to stay up way too late tonight

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I'm going to stay up way too late tonight

watching pr0n?

[Radii]

Got a sleep apnea diagnosis today. While that really sucks, I've been seriously struggling for about two years now with anxiety, depression, sleep (lol), weight like always, lots of silly basics with hygiene (ick), keeping the house clean, just feeling like almost every little task is monumental. For 3-4 months it got bad enough that I had to bring work into the loop because it started to seriously impact my job performance.

So yeah, I didn't want to have sleep apnea, but the level of sleep deprivation that I'm apparently operating under explains every single problem that I'm having, so I'm really excited to get set up with a machine and start treating it.

[CrimsonFox]

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

also I would like access to a dryer that actually gets my clothes dry

If you find one of those, I'd love to know about it. Especially one that does that but doesn't do it by overheating everything and shrinking your clothes.

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

also I would like access to a dryer that actually gets my clothes dry

Had that same complaint for several months, took probably 4 hours to dry even the smallest loads. They'd be warm/hot but not dry.

And then my lawn guy noticed that the outside dryer vent was well & truly blocked with lint.

One vent grate cleaning later & I'm back to drying full sized loads in 45-60 mins.


edit to add: Obviously YMMV, but it seemed worth telling that story on myself -- not my finest hour as a homeowner tbh -- just in case it helps somebody else