Minor victory thread
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Emily in the lounge wearing the headphones stole Winston’s Mac and cheese.
That would be illegal
While a funny thought, it would probably get Gas killed by someone in those real lifted trucks that do roll through his part of the country. I’m not talking about the pretty boy college lifters, but by a real farmer or rancher that just goes by the name Old Man Winston and has a good enough lawyer and enough money stored away to not care.
Do you need to change your username?
Got a new driver's license, GOOD BYE bicycle deliveryman as solo income! HELLO-suburban CAR deliveryman!
I also bought a trunk rack for my car today!
I also bought a trunk rack for my car today!
GasBandit
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It was never about burning gas, it was always about stealing gas.
So do you still steal gas?
GasBandit
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My lawyer has advised me not to answer this question.
He steals energy right from the sun now. All that tax money and oil company profits are gone.
SunBandit. Rolling sunbeamz
I recently joined a men's talk group. We meet every two weeks or so. There have been three sessions so far and it's been really nice. It's a good, safe space to talk about our feelings. I'm meeting a lot of nice guys, too. Whether they'll turn into friendships, I don't know. It'd be nice, since I really have any non-online guys friends.
Anyway, one of them not only happens to live in Dartmouth, but also often commutes by bike. At the end of the last session, we biked back across the bridge together. At the end of the last session, he suggested we could go for a bike ride together sometime. I was totally down for that.
And we did exactly that today, on my day off. We biked about 50 km total, going along the Shearwater Flyer Trail and the Salt Marsh Trail before turning around. He had an e-bike, but I was able to keep up with him the whole time. We biked at an average of around 20 km an hour.
So yeah, great biking adventure and hanging out with a new possible friend. I'd call that a win.
On top of that, the men's group is talking about doing some kind of hiking outing, ending at a campfire to sit around and talk about our feelings. I've never really gone hiking before, but I'm interested in the idea of it.
Anyway, one of them not only happens to live in Dartmouth, but also often commutes by bike. At the end of the last session, we biked back across the bridge together. At the end of the last session, he suggested we could go for a bike ride together sometime. I was totally down for that.
And we did exactly that today, on my day off. We biked about 50 km total, going along the Shearwater Flyer Trail and the Salt Marsh Trail before turning around. He had an e-bike, but I was able to keep up with him the whole time. We biked at an average of around 20 km an hour.
So yeah, great biking adventure and hanging out with a new possible friend. I'd call that a win.
On top of that, the men's group is talking about doing some kind of hiking outing, ending at a campfire to sit around and talk about our feelings. I've never really gone hiking before, but I'm interested in the idea of it.
I think I may owe you an apology. I always assumed it was about flatulence.
GasBandit
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The flatulence was purely incidental and not eponymous.
It fits!!!
I mentioned in March that I was far ahead other service agents in terms of sales. My team manager said I had a very good chance of winning another company award this year.
I asked him where I stood now. He showed me the stats compared to other agents in my department. I'm not only #1 for installs in my department, by I'm in the lead by close to 100. That's on top of other good metrics, like attendance and other factors.
Soooo...yeah, unless things change, I'm probably winning another award this year. I'll leave this a minor victory for now and leave the epic win for if I do get it, but that'll mean a paid day off, a night's stay at a fancy hotel, a fancy dinner, and other bonuses like a gift basket and prizes.
Minor whine, but it sucks I'll probably be attending it alone this year. Unless my dating life magically changes in the next few months, but I don't expect it will.
I asked him where I stood now. He showed me the stats compared to other agents in my department. I'm not only #1 for installs in my department, by I'm in the lead by close to 100. That's on top of other good metrics, like attendance and other factors.
Soooo...yeah, unless things change, I'm probably winning another award this year. I'll leave this a minor victory for now and leave the epic win for if I do get it, but that'll mean a paid day off, a night's stay at a fancy hotel, a fancy dinner, and other bonuses like a gift basket and prizes.
Minor whine, but it sucks I'll probably be attending it alone this year. Unless my dating life magically changes in the next few months, but I don't expect it will.
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The entire Great Lakes area is some of the best available, IMNSHO. Assuming you are partial to temperate forests, that is.
--Patrick
Using vastly inadequate tools, successfully replaced one of my kitchen sink drains today. It cost $50 to buy the replacement, which is $1 for every year since the sink was originally installed. I got a second one so I could do 'em both, but that one will be for another day.
--Patrick
--Patrick
Bought a Blu-Ray disc today.
This Blu-Ray disc.
I have connections with this movie, man. I saw it in the theater the one night they showed it back in Summer of 1987. I still have the movie poster from that premiere, which I had autographed by David Karsten* (the razor-wielding scientist in the background) at the reception. I still have the T-shirt! (They made T-shirts!) My wife even used to work with/for (don't remember which) the people who owned/ran the castle where this was filmed. The hot tub you see in the trailer? She's been in it. Naked. I've attended college classes in at least one of the rooms shown in the movie. With clothes on. This is one of those things I legitimately thought was going to live on only in the memories of the cast and the couple hundred people who were at the theater that night, but now it's on my shelf, waiting for Tuesday so I can show it to the wife. I'm not going to tell her about the hot tub. I want to see her reaction when they finally get to that scene.
--Patrick
*Karsten died in 1998, but I imagine wherever he is now, he's still pleased that it finally made the "big time."
This Blu-Ray disc.
Well turns out that one year later, somebody did decide to pull it out of whatever closet where it was gathering dust and turn it into an actual 4K release., and I just found out about a week ago while searching it up online to try and show someone at work about the ridiculous movie I saw with my college buddies.
I have connections with this movie, man. I saw it in the theater the one night they showed it back in Summer of 1987. I still have the movie poster from that premiere, which I had autographed by David Karsten* (the razor-wielding scientist in the background) at the reception. I still have the T-shirt! (They made T-shirts!) My wife even used to work with/for (don't remember which) the people who owned/ran the castle where this was filmed. The hot tub you see in the trailer? She's been in it. Naked. I've attended college classes in at least one of the rooms shown in the movie. With clothes on. This is one of those things I legitimately thought was going to live on only in the memories of the cast and the couple hundred people who were at the theater that night, but now it's on my shelf, waiting for Tuesday so I can show it to the wife. I'm not going to tell her about the hot tub. I want to see her reaction when they finally get to that scene.
--Patrick
*Karsten died in 1998, but I imagine wherever he is now, he's still pleased that it finally made the "big time."
Visited with my PhD mentor last week. I haven't seen him since 2012. It was a really nice chat. I am glad I took the time to meet with him. He also seemed genuinely happy to see me.