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[LambertandHam]

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When you refer to Canadian ISP prices, are you referring to internet alone or bundled with cable/mobile phone? Because the $200 price Lambert mentioned is likely and interent + cable bundle and the cable part takes up the bulk of that cost.

Yeah, it's internet + TV. I only really keep TV around for other family members as I'd rather stream or watch Twitch and Youtube. I think the price for unlimited internet was 75$ or so before modem, taxes here last time I was looking at bundles.


I'd be surprised if it was that cheap this time tbh

[Majingir]

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When you refer to Canadian ISP prices, are you referring to internet alone or bundled with cable/mobile phone? Because the $200 price Lambert mentioned is likely and interent + cable bundle and the cable part takes up the bulk of that cost.

I mean internet and TV.

Even individually the prices suck, but you're more likely to get a deal with bundles. Obviously depends on who you're talking with.

One person might not budge and say you're paying $200. Someone else might say best they can do is $165. Someone else suddenly just offers $130.

[slickdtc]

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The notebooks with rosters and franchise notes… damn, I’m old enough now for that to be a good MEMORY. Wild. It was work, but it was fun. Like bum said, I don’t know if it’s because I’m older and have other things occupying my mind now or if all that work and play really did familiarize you so well with all the different players in the league. Now I name a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and he’s been out of the league for 7 years.

I’ll never regret the hours upon hours I poured in to these sports video games. I don’t game like I used to, but I still get a flicker of excitement when I get deep in to a season with the playoffs around the corner.

I’ll be here for 20 years next August, and I put in another couple years on other message boards before finding my way to OS. It was just a different time back then. For better and for worse. I’m cool with that.

I hope the games are still blowing kids minds like they did to me back in the day. That growth going from the 90s and sprites (Tecmo Super Bowl) to the early 2000s (NFL 2K1) in sports gaming was insane to me. I don’t know if we’ll ever see a leap in such a short time like that again, but I hope there’s still people out there feeling a sense of magic when they fire up their consoles.

[LambertandHam]

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The notebooks with rosters and franchise notes… damn, I’m old enough now for that to be a good MEMORY. Wild. It was work, but it was fun. Like bum said, I don’t know if it’s because I’m older and have other things occupying my mind now or if all that work and play really did familiarize you so well with all the different players in the league. Now I name a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and he’s been out of the league for 7 years.

I’ll never regret the hours upon hours I poured in to these sports video games. I don’t game like I used to, but I still get a flicker of excitement when I get deep in to a season with the playoffs around the corner.

I’ll be here for 20 years next August, and I put in another couple years on other message boards before finding my way to OS. It was just a different time back then. For better and for worse. I’m cool with that.

I hope the games are still blowing kids minds like they did to me back in the day. That growth going from the 90s and sprites (Tecmo Super Bowl) to the early 2000s (NFL 2K1) in sports gaming was insane to me. I don’t know if we’ll ever see a leap in such a short time like that again, but I hope there’s still people out there feeling a sense of magic when they fire up their consoles.

Same. Some of my best memories are me and my youngest brother, sitting next to each other on the couch working on his Steelers franchise in Madden. Scouting, drafting players, free agents etc.


Sounds corny from me, but wouldn't trade those memories for anything.

[jasontoddwhitt]

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My best friend's fiancee is trying to get me to date her younger sister. Now normally, I would completely dismiss this because she doesn't meet the criteria of the age rule (half your age + 7). I'm 37...she's 23.

But then, I feel like I will disappoint my buddy's woman (who has become a good friend in her own right) if I just dismiss her like that. So I feel obligated to at least get to know her lol.

I figured it was time for an update for my OS brethren...

So...the past few weeks, we've been texting and getting to know each other. She seems really cool. She seems to like me. We plan to have a date this week. However, I kept having this thought in the back of my mind that something was going to happen. Because if anyone has ever had to deal with this phenomenon, it's always going to rear its ugly head.

Baby daddy's are going to baby daddy.

So yesterday, I woke up to a text from her where she stated that it's probably not a good idea for her to be seeing anyone right now because her ex got ahold of her phone, went through it and got violent with her. However, she was appreciative of how nice and thoughtful I was. She unfriended me on social media.

My first thought was to text her sister (my best friend's fiancee) to make sure she was okay (she was). I told her to pass along a message because I didn't want to cause any potential issues. Essentially I said hey, this is not a good situation and your safety and well-being is the most important thing right now. When things calm down and if you still are interested in this, then reach out to me.

That doesn't mean I'm going to wait around for her. I'm going to live my life.

If she reaches back out...great. If she doesn't....great.

Oh well...it is what it is.

[ImTellinTim]

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Man, forget about that. Not only is she only 23, she has all that going on.

That’s not “baby daddy gonna baby daddy”. That’s an unhinged, violent person you want absolutely nothing to do with. In any capacity in your life.

[dubcity]

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How much you wanna bet she ends up back with that ex? Unfriending you on socials feels unnecessary. It might sound mean, but I would just forget about it and let go of any "I can help" feeling you might have. At this age she doesn't know what she wants.

[bigbob]

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How much you wanna bet she ends up back with that ex? Unfriending you on socials feels unnecessary. It might sound mean, but I would just forget about it and let go of any "I can help" feeling you might have. At this age she doesn't know what she wants.

It's highly likely she ends back up with that person. It's not as easy as "just walking away" as some people think it is.

(This isn't directed at you, just something that comes up with domestic violence and I'm also going to get way off track with something that grinds my gears and it is still not directed at you) People say "I wouldn't go back to that person" or in other situations that they aren't involved with "I would have done THIS and not what that person did." You can't say that because you're not actually in that position. You don't know what you would do if you had to constantly worry in fear about what is going to happen next. When the only thing you know is being with that person is going to keep status quo versus not knowing what is going to happen to your family or friends if you leave that person, your likely going to stay. It can take victims of domestic violence to officially leave their abuser over 10+ attempts.

The part where I'm really going to get off topic because it's a gear grinder and it ties into people saying "I would never" or "I would've done this" (still not directed at you) Sitting on your couch saying "Oh yeah, I would have disarmed that mass shooter because my balls are huge" is 10000% different then being in the actual situation where the likely hood of you running and hiding or ****ting your pants are far more likely than you actually confronting the person.

/soap box

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[dubcity]

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For sure, it's not as easy or cut and dry to just forget about it.

I'm just of the mind to be selfish (in a good way) and look out for your own happiness and mental health in these cases. It can sound great to be the one who cares, it even feeds into our protective nature as men to see someone vulnerable and form an emotional attachment partially based on that, but if you end up with nothing as a result that's some DEEP DEEP sadness right there.

And at that young of an age women can become so emotionally messed up as a result of these kinds of relationships, she might actually end up resenting you because of where her head is at.

But like I said, this is from the perspective of trying to look out for yourself above all else. It's never that simple and easy, like you said.

[bigbob]

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For sure, it's not as easy or cut and dry to just forget about it.

I'm just of the mind to be selfish (in a good way) and look out for your own happiness and mental health in these cases. It can sound great to be the one who cares, it even feeds into our protective nature as men to see someone vulnerable and form an emotional attachment partially based on that, but if you end up with nothing as a result that's some DEEP DEEP sadness right there.

And at that young of an age women can become so emotionally messed up as a result of these kinds of relationships, she might actually end up resenting you because of where her head is at.

But like I said, this is from the perspective of trying to look out for yourself above all else. It's never that simple and easy, like you said.

I'm fully on the him just cutting that tie now. I mean, to me a big red flag is why is she even around her ex to begin with? I get it, some people stay friends with their exes, but **** that ****.

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[kehlis]

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I'm fully on the him just cutting that tie now. I mean, to me a big red flag is why is she even around her ex to begin with? I get it, some people stay friends with their exes, but **** that ****.

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They have a kid together, kind of hard to avoid.

[bigbob]

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They have a kid together, kind of hard to avoid.

That doesn't mean they have to be friends or even be close to each other. Many split parents have designated drop-off points where they meet in a public place to exchange a kid, sometimes with someone else there to be the middle man or support.

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[kehlis]

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That doesn't mean they have to be friends or even be close to each other. Many split parents have designated drop-off points where they meet in a public place to exchange a kid, sometimes with someone else there to be the middle man or support.

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Very much understood and I'm quite familiar with all of that. That said, we don't have details and I find it unfair to assume anything without having a better understanding which he possibly doesn't know either.

[bigbob]

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Very much understood and I'm quite familiar with all of that. That said, we don't have details and I find it unfair to assume anything without having a better understanding which he possibly doesn't know either.

Absolutely. For all we know, it was a lie to move on to the next guy. Everything is speculation at this point and speculation is never good for anything.

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[jasontoddwhitt]

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Very much understood and I'm quite familiar with all of that. That said, we don't have details and I find it unfair to assume anything without having a better understanding which he possibly doesn't know either.

I don't even really have all the details. It was a subject I didn't really want to pry into and would let her tell me when she felt ready.

Hell, there was a part of me that was suspecting they were still living together, but I knew she was trying to find a place.

The good thing is that I didn't get too attached. Because when all this broke...I was like "oh well."

I do care a little bit though simply because I am friends with her older sister and I know they both had a rough childhood (their dads were not present and their mother was abusive). Unfortunately, it seems she is making the same mistakes.