The EPIC WIN Thread 3: SON OF EPIC

[Ravenpoe]

I'd hazard to guess the one on the right with the leg indentations is the old one. It looks very similar to a chair I got and broke within 3 months many years ago.

And a broken wheel, but it put up a pretty good fight and lasted a long while, for a chair I found on the street.

So for $0, I'd say it did a good job. The new one was... a tad more.[DOUBLEPOST=1450303333,1450303268][/DOUBLEPOST]The new one also has a base part and baseplate made entirely out of steel. Which is awesome and sturdy... and made it FREAKING HEAVY to not only carry up the steps, but assemble.

 

[PatrThom]

The new one also has a base part and baseplate made entirely out of steel. Which is awesome and sturdy... and made it FREAKING HEAVY to not only carry up the steps, but assemble.

You'll appreciate that when you can park your feet up on the bends.

--Patrick

 

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I've got a nice chair that was "broken" according to the people at my office. Took me about 5 minutes to fix it.

 

[Adam]

Put an offer on a dream house today.

Was accepted tonight after an hour of back and forth negotiation.

Going to bed happy, and poor.

 

[Squidleybits]

@Squidleybits, you need to change your tag to "Crazy Stuffed Animal Lady Who Takes Lots Of Pictures"...

But I want more cats![DOUBLEPOST=1450328850,1450328819][/DOUBLEPOST]

Put an offer on a dream house today.

Was accepted tonight after an hour of back and forth negotiation.

Going to bed happy, and poor.

That's awesome!!! Congrats!

 

[sixpackshaker]

I made chili for the office Xmas party, and watched Star Wars. Does it get any better?

Except more beer went into the chili, than into the cook.

 

[jwhouk]

Okay, house party at @Adam's new place...

 

[drawn_inward]

This might belong in a politics thread, but I don't care. It's an epic win for science.

http://www.statnews.com/2015/12/16/congress-nih-funding-increase/

Pushed through by a couple of Republicans?! Well done Tom Cole. The big credit goes to Francis Collins who is running NIH like a boss!

 

[drifter]

Well, they also apparently added CISA in its entirety into the budget bill, so I can't say I'm super pumped about it.

 

[drawn_inward]

Adding unrelated items to budgets is such a bullshit political move. If someone voted against the budget then they'd be labeled as anti-science. Despicable. However, hopefully science funding is the greater good here.

 

[GasBandit]

And the CISA that was tacked on to the budget bill was one that had all the safety stops removed. Basically, every internet/backbone company is now de facto surveilling every single user and turning the unscrubbed info directly over to the NSA. So, like Drifter, I find it hard to be happy about the bone being thrown the NIH when it was just yet another doorknob polished on the titanic that is our federal government.

 

[drawn_inward]

My glee comes from a history of lackluster funding for science in U.S. especially when compared to our European friends. It's a step in the right direction. I'm a fiscal conservative, and I hate a bloated power-grabbing government, but money for science/education is a good thing.

 

[PatrThom]

I find it hard to appreciate the big glass of water handed to me right now when I know the bill authorizing me getting that water also authorized them to raise the temperature an additional 5 degrees for an indefinite period of time.

--Patrick

 

[drawn_inward]

Quit pissing on my epic win.

 

[Null]

Pharma Bro Martin Shrekli arrested by federal agents, facing multiple investigations.

Prosecutors in Brooklyn charged him with illegally taking stock from Retrophin Inc., a biotechnology firm he started in 2011, and using it to pay off debts from unrelated business dealings. He was later ousted from the company, where he’d been chief executive officer, and sued by its board.
In the case that closely tracks that suit, federal prosecutors accused Shkreli of engaging in a complicated shell game after his defunct hedge fund, MSMB Capital Management, lost millions. He is alleged to have made secret payoffs and set up sham consulting arrangements. A New York lawyer, Evan Greebel, was also arrested early Thursday. He's accused of conspiring with Shkreli in part of the scheme.

 

[AshburnerX]

Got EXACTLY as many points as I needed to pass my dev math course. Just one more math course and I have my associates, then OSU in the fall!

 

[blotsfan]

Been there. Feels fucking great.

 

[PatrThom]

Quit pissing on my epic win.

Sorry. I would celebrate it, too, if it didn't have so many strings attached, especially the kind with tin cans on both ends.

--Patrick

 

[Sparhawk]

I've been married to my best friend for 27 years as of today. We got married as young, clueless kids, and have pretty much grown out of both of those, most days. So, here's a picture of us from 27 years ago...

 

[CrimsonSoul]

I've been married to my best friend for 27 years as of today. We got married as young, clueless kids, and have pretty much grown out of both of those, most days. So, here's a picture of us from 27 years ago...

Does your wife know

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[Sparhawk]

Does your wife know

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Nope, kept it a secret from her for 27 years.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I've been married to my best friend for 27 years as of today. We got married as young, clueless kids, and have pretty much grown out of both of those, most days. So, here's a picture of us from 27 years ago...

So at some point in those 27 years, you turned into a pug?

 

[Null]

So at some point in those 27 years, you turned into a pug?

Hey, it's for better or for worse, man.

 

[LittleKagsin]

I've been married to my best friend for 27 years as of today. We got married as young, clueless kids, and have pretty much grown out of both of those, most days. So, here's a picture of us from 27 years ago...

Oh my gosh, this pulls at my little heart strings. Makes me smile like a moron.

 

[Emrys]

I've been married to my best friend for 27 years as of today. We got married as young, clueless kids, and have pretty much grown out of both of those, most days. So, here's a picture of us from 27 years ago...

How the frig old were you two? 12?

Congratulations to you both. May you have at least 27 more filled with love, laughter, and pugs

 

[Sparhawk]

So at some point in those 27 years, you turned into a pug?

It was a painful transformation at times, especially the curly tail.

How the frig old were you two? 12?

Congratulations to you both. May you have at least 27 more filled with love, laughter, and pugs

19, both of us. I went into the US Air Force less than a month later, my first official day of basic training was Friday, January 13.[DOUBLEPOST=1450408144,1450408091][/DOUBLEPOST]

Oh my gosh, this pulls at my little heart strings. Makes me smile like a moron.

Slightly open mouth and drooling a little? I understood what you meant.

 

[drawn_inward]

Congrats @Sparhawk and Sparhawkgirl!

 

[WasabiPoptart]

I got to sleep until 8am. My kids and I are still in our pjs and it's 11am. I have dinner in the crockpot, half of which is going to my friend whose husband just started chemotherapy. I'm also baking chocolate chip cookies, listening to Christmas music, lit the tree, and have a nice cool cuppa joe. My daughter is pretending she's a mage and using a broom as her staff (she just started sweeping!). It's cloudy, but lots of trade winds. A good, good day so far.

 

[evilmike]

My daughter is pretending she's a mage and using a broom as her staff (she just started sweeping!).

Did she suspect that you had an ulterior motive when you showed her Fantasia?


Obviously, keep her away from buckets or this will likely backfire.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Oh man, I am getting in such good shape these days. I'm still around 210 lbs. It's wavered up a bit recently (only to about 213), but I think that was from muscle growth. I hope, anyway.

I've not only been able to do a lot of yoga in the morning (usually the DDP Yoga Wake Up (10 min), Energy or Fat Burner (20-25 min), AND Red Hot Core (10 min)), but also running on the treadmill in the evening. Last night, I ran 2 miles in 20 minutes, then followed it up with Below the Belt (35 minutes) and Red Hot Core.

As far as the treadmill goes, my best so far has been running 3.4 miles in 35 minutes. I actually managed to do 3 miles in 28 minutes. Getting to a mile in 9 minutes is almost a cakewalk now.

And as I've shown in some recent new pictures, I can fit into clothes I haven't been able to fit into in years. Like my cycling jacket, which I couldn't even zip up the last time I tried it on.

 

[Cajungal]

Well done! You're looking fit as hell in your pics.

 

[drawn_inward]

Oh man, I am getting in such good shape these days. I'm still around 210 lbs. It's wavered up a bit recently (only to about 213), but I think that was from muscle growth. I hope, anyway.

I've not only been able to do a lot of yoga in the morning (usually the DDP Yoga Wake Up (10 min), Energy or Fat Burner (20-25 min), AND Red Hot Core (10 min)), but also running on the treadmill in the evening. Last night, I ran 2 miles in 20 minutes, then followed it up with Below the Belt (35 minutes) and Red Hot Core.

As far as the treadmill goes, my best so far has been running 3.4 miles in 35 minutes. I actually managed to do 3 miles in 28 minutes. Getting to a mile in 9 minutes is almost a cakewalk now.

And as I've shown in some recent new pictures, I can fit into clothes I haven't been able to fit into in years. Like my cycling jacket, which I couldn't even zip up the last time I tried it on.

I'll have what he's having. Well done, sir.

 

[BananaHands]

Just got off work and flying home! Going to spend the next two weeks with the family and the girlfriend. Figure that counts as an epic win!

 

[HCGLNS]

Apparently my posts are epic when fuelled with alcohol.

 

[PatrThom]

They're quite ethyl epic.

--Patrick