NickD said:
Appleseed said:
NickD said:
I feel increasingly out of the loop with my own friends.
I'm not on Facebook, and apparently people no longer text or call.
There have been get togethers, and they were reminisced about later. When asked why I didn't come, I replied, "I wasn't invited." The look on their faces when they realize that they didn't let me know.
We have a Discord group chat but anytime I post something it seems to get ignored but then 30 minutes later, someone will post the same exact meme or news article or video and everyone laughs or discusses or oohs and ahhhs over it. I invited everyone for a cookout on Memorial Day and got the "My god, are you trying to kill us all?" treatment, but then a week later one of them goes "I want to have a cookout for my birthday" and everyone was all aboard. Two of my friends have now quit their jobs at my workplace and both times I learned secondhand from my boss, instead of them getting a heads-up. We are all into gaming, adn this is a great time to be gamers beause you can hang out virtually? Except, while they all have Xbox Ones, they choose to play everything on PS4, even though they know I don't have a PS4 and I do have an Xbox.
happened to me too. One of my friends moved to Florida and I didn't find out til a week after he moved and I suggested we should invite him with us.
Water heater gave out last night. Getting it replaced today. Was up working on that and a ridiculous powerpoint that no one will ever look at until about 2AM last night. Up now at 5:45AM working on the same powerpoint.
We're supposed to head to the lake this weekend, but I may have to postpone that unless my wife is willing to drive. Maybe we'll leave at 5AM tomorrow. Or, on the possibility of a brightside, maybe I can stop working today at 5PM and take a 3 hour nap.
Duke
MegaDork
6/26/20 8:27 a.m.
NickD said:
I feel increasingly out of the loop with my own friends.
I solve that problem by not having any actual friends.
My work printer, which finally got fixed yesterday, just disappeared from the printer directory. The computer sees it, but i just cant print to it. And theh have the systems so locked down i cant do anything about it.
Thats on top of being cranky from the steroids and not sleeping due to my hand. And having another all morning long mandatory call.
Is it the weekend yet????
NickD
UltimaDork
6/26/20 9:25 a.m.
Duke said:
NickD said:
I feel increasingly out of the loop with my own friends.
I solve that problem by not having any actual friends.
I'm not sure that's an actual solution.
NickD said:
Duke said:
NickD said:
I feel increasingly out of the loop with my own friends.
I solve that problem by not having any actual friends.
I'm not sure that's an actual solution.
It's worked for me for years.
Duke
MegaDork
6/26/20 10:19 a.m.
NickD said:
Duke said:
NickD said:
I feel increasingly out of the loop with my own friends.
I solve that problem by not having any actual friends.
I'm not sure that's an actual solution.
It's more of a "functional workaround".
Everything ive touched today has turned into a clusterberkeley. Im afraid to touch my pecker to take a leak...
Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) said:
Everything ive touched today has turned into a clusterberkeley. Im afraid to touch my pecker to take a leak...
good news is: The country is a little more forgiving of people changing gender. You could always be "DusterBD13-Michelle" and I doubt too many people here would be upset.
mad_machine (Forum Supporter) said:
Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) said:
Everything ive touched today has turned into a clusterberkeley. Im afraid to touch my pecker to take a leak...
good news is: The country is a little more forgiving of people changing gender. You could always be "DusterBD13-Michelle" and I doubt too many people here would be upset.
First laugh ive had all day. Thanks!
And now i hit something with the one year old mower that makes the deck inoperative. And stall. And....
berkeley. berkeley today. Im sitting on my ass and stuffing my fatwith E36 M3ty pizza and watching something mindless.
My neighbor (20 feet away) is getting a new roof, powered by non-stop Mexican dudes. They have been out there for 9 hours straight in 100 degree heat. They evidently ain't quitin' until dusk.
I get to hear all the nail guns and noise, but wow, am I aware how simple and easy my life is.
Shadeux (Forum Supporter) said:
My neighbor (20 feet away) is getting a new roof, powered by non-stop Mexican dudes. They have been out there for 9 hours straight in 100 degree heat. They evidently ain't quitin' until dusk.
I get to hear all the nail guns and noise, but wow, am I aware how simple and easy my life is.
But those Mexican dudes work hard, get paid, go home, drink a beer and enjoy time with their families, instead of worrying about next weeks business troubles.
The good life.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Yeah, but when your body collapses from doing that when you turn 30 or so the suck sets in.
As I was cutting my lawn last night a big landscaping truck/trailer went by me and I wondered about a job like that.
April - mid November you work crazy long days and you work hard. Some of the guys head home and do whatever south of the border for 4 months?
I work all year with barely 3 weeks off but less hours.
You would think I would berkeleying learn.
Putting a small o-ring on a stem, finger slipped. Bye bye o-ring.
I'm never gonna find this stupid thing.
Mr_Asa said:
You would think I would berkeleying learn.
Putting a small o-ring on a stem, finger slipped. Bye bye o-ring.
I'm never gonna find this stupid thing.
Whenever I am dealing with a thing that may break or disappear, I always buy at least two. Then, the fates figure it's not worthwhile to break the first one.
This principle falls apart later, when you get the second one, now your last one, to do another job...
Shadeux (Forum Supporter) said:
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Yeah, but when your body collapses from doing that when you turn 30 or so the suck sets in.
Think of it as a fitness regime. Lots of people exercise their whole lives.
Streetwiseguy said:
Shadeux (Forum Supporter) said:
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Yeah, but when your body collapses from doing that when you turn 30 or so the suck sets in.
Think of it as a fitness regime. Lots of people exercise their whole lives.
This.
Many people are kinda terrified by working in the trades because of the toll it takes on your body......but work out all the time to stay fit. Add in that a lot if the same people make less money and it's a bit of a headscratcher.
Don't get me wrong.....20 years plus of concrete can take it's toll, but.....so can 20 years of living at all
Yes yes, just what I need as funds are drying up, a berkeleying tooth needs pulled.
Antihero (Forum Supporter) said:
Streetwiseguy said:
Shadeux (Forum Supporter) said:
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Yeah, but when your body collapses from doing that when you turn 30 or so the suck sets in.
Think of it as a fitness regime. Lots of people exercise their whole lives.
This.
Many people are kinda terrified by working in the trades because of the toll it takes on your body......but work out all the time to stay fit. Add in that a lot if the same people make less money and it's a bit of a headscratcher.
Don't get me wrong.....20 years plus of concrete can take it's toll, but.....so can 20 years of living at all
it is a matter of working smarter, not harder. I work a trade as a Stage Electrician. It's hard work, but unless you take a hard fall or step in front of a moving forklift, it is not going to kill you. We have plenty of casuals well into their 60s, 70s, and even one guy who is in his early 80s, still doing the same old song and dance every week.
Talked to guy yesterday, brief and 6 foot at least.
Today he tested positive for Covid.
I know its unlikely I'm infected but it's still just wrong.
Thanks China for ruining even polite conversations.
I'm over today. Just over it.
In reply to mad_machine (Forum Supporter) :
I agree with all of that
NickD
UltimaDork
6/28/20 7:02 p.m.
I was all excited to install my Flyin' Miata Little Big Brake Kit on my car. I mean, who wouldn't be? Wilwoods! But someone at FM made an oopsie and shipped me two left-hand caliper brackets and no right hand bracket. Why am I a magnet for this sort of stuff? Example, I have a Track Dog Racing radiator with the logo painted on the front upside-down and my supercharger kit came with a bracket drilled upside down and the complete wrong belt