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Deathy McDeath posted:Hey fellas. The VA got back to me about my disability claim. My rate is 60%, with payments backdated to April of last year. I suppose I should be happy because, hey, free money. But like I was telling guys in the chat earlier, it feels pretty hollow. Especially when there are vets out there who have it worse than me but received lower ratings. That's kind of messed up. But I'm not going to dwell on it; I was honest throughout the process and the rating that the VA gave is what they thought was warranted. I'm going to take a suggestion I received and donate a chunk of my monthly payments to a good veterans charity. Hopefully it will help someone out who really needs it Hi Deathy, I faced a similar situation with a similar rating as yours and very similar reaction/feelings; as you know from irl I mostly use that money to sustain a lifestyle that includes a lot of volunteering for vets causes. Charity is cool too, and I know you are full-time-studenting, but if you stow that cash away now and let the money make money babies, you may enjoy the extra flexibility down the road. We can talk more in September if you want!
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Old dad talk: I'm looking at snowblowers now for the winter because shoveling is for poors.
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My driveway isn't long enough to justify a snowblower, yet long enough to annoy me with a shovel. gently caress it, just hire the plow to come through
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JurassicworldChat: I went with a lady friend and we showed up about 3 minutes after the movie started. I had bought my tickets online expecting a full house -- I was right -- so no free seats next to each other. This theatre, though, has couches in the front area and loving beer, hell yes, so I poke the solo bald guy, with a big drink, sitting in a couch by himself and ask if he's alone. He pauses for a second and spits out a "No," followed by "Yes, someone is sitting here" when I ask if he's sure. So I look around the theatre again to make sure, because ensuring I don't sit across the theatre from the girl I brought is worth looking like an rear end in a top hat. I tell the guy, Hey man, I know you are alone, so would you please grab a seat for one so that me and my friend can have this couch which seats two people. I do not want to be a jerk and ask an usher to make this happen, but that is what I am about to do- The movie is playing already. Homeboy shouts (yes, shouts) "No!" at me, then, "You're not getting my seat, I was here first and this is mine, you need to find another place to sit, do what you do need to!!!" Half an entire row gets up and makes us room with two adjacent seats. Guy wasn't wrong about being there first, but, gently caress. It all worked out. Ok, thanks for listening.
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Zeris posted:JurassicworldChat: I went with a lady friend and we showed up about 3 minutes after the movie started. I had bought my tickets online expecting a full house -- I was right -- so no free seats next to each other. This theatre, though, has couches in the front area and loving beer, hell yes, so I poke the solo bald guy, with a big drink, sitting in a couch by himself and ask if he's alone. He pauses for a second and spits out a "No," followed by "Yes, someone is sitting here" when I ask if he's sure. So I look around the theatre again to make sure, because ensuring I don't sit across the theatre from the girl I brought is worth looking like an rear end in a top hat. I tell the guy, Hey man, I know you are alone, so would you please grab a seat for one so that me and my friend can have this couch which seats two people. I do not want to be a jerk and ask an usher to make this happen, but that is what I am about to do- maybe show up earlier next time doofus
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Zeris posted:JurassicworldChat: I went with a lady friend and we showed up about 3 minutes after the movie started. I had bought my tickets online expecting a full house -- I was right -- so no free seats next to each other. This theatre, though, has couches in the front area and loving beer, hell yes, so I poke the solo bald guy, with a big drink, sitting in a couch by himself and ask if he's alone. He pauses for a second and spits out a "No," followed by "Yes, someone is sitting here" when I ask if he's sure. So I look around the theatre again to make sure, because ensuring I don't sit across the theatre from the girl I brought is worth looking like an rear end in a top hat. I tell the guy, Hey man, I know you are alone, so would you please grab a seat for one so that me and my friend can have this couch which seats two people. I do not want to be a jerk and ask an usher to make this happen, but that is what I am about to do- way to look like a bitch in front of a lady
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Jun 15, 2015 22:43
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No, you see I won because
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:way to look like a bitch in front of a lady
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:maybe show up earlier next time doofus
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shoulda told him he'll be the first to go when the nukes drop glad it worked out for you though
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Sitting in the theater waiting for Jurassic Park to start. Have about 10 minutes. Will trip report later.
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Genocide Tendency posted:Sitting in the theater waiting for Jurassic Park to start. Have about 10 minutes. Will trip report later. were you able to find a seat this is important
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Please be respectful of people's seat choices, tia
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Almost had the same problem when I went but I'm not a bitch so the dude moved
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should have loving shanked that fucker in the neck and told him you're giving him an authentic experience of what it's like to be attacked by velociraptors.
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Somewhere on the internets a dude is raging about the rear end in a top hat who had the audacity to show up late to Jurassic Park and ask him to move out of his seat.
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Rad Lieutenant posted:Somewhere on the internets a dude is raging about the rear end in a top hat who had the audacity to show up late to Jurassic Park and ask him to move out of his seat. 
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:maybe show up earlier next time doofus
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Quit gettin' mad about dinosaur movies.
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Spicy Guacamole posted:Quit gettin' mad about dinosaur movies. we're not we're pointing out zeris' bitchness
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It's been up on Usenet for a bit, apparently, the KameraKlownKrew pirates who do those top notch 1080P direct audio from the theater recordings or whatever must have done a recording in an empty theater one night or some poo poo because the film capture is perfect and the audio is direct so it's p. Sweet. My weed guy hooked it up on a thumb drive since my last bag had seedage and limb like stems. Watched it in my den. Can't wait to iMax it. Great movie. Can confirm that  enhances your Jurassic world experience many fold. Want a pet Dino so bad. 
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:were you able to find a seat Plenty of seats. But I showed up 15 minutes before it started. Review: Legit film. Worth the $6.50 would pay to see again. Also want to pet a dino.
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If you don't get out of that seat, I'm telling on you.
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RE: DAD CHAT My loving neighbors suck and they are gonna make me have to be a dick. The guy to the west of me started collecting pallets, so he could get enough to trade to a dude for rubber mulch. His grand plan is to rubber mulch his whole backyard, mind you, he has three loving dogs, so I'm not even sure how that is gonna work, but that's beside the point. I found out his loving pallet collection has a nice family of rats living in it and they are foraging in my yard like its the Country Buffet, so now I have to call the health department, hopefully one of these days somebody will condemn there house or burn it to the ground, but considering they have been pulling the same poo poo for 20 years, I doubt it. Dude on the other side of me moved a freight container into his backyard, so that's pretty cool, pretty sure he is going to use it for a grow room. I'm gonna feel really bad turning him into the city for it, but gently caress, I would need to build a 10 ft high fence to hide that monstrosity. It's funny, as I've said before, the houses in my area are increasing in value by $2,000 - $3,000 a month, and these two dickheads are in a race to devalue every house on the block...
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Is there a lot of incest and racism where you live?
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And southern accents?
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Nah, I live in an "affordable" neighborhood in the most white, conservative town in the Denver Metro area (Not Highlands Ranch).
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Legit question.. How is it in Denver and if you could move anywhere in the state near reasonable civilization, where would you go? Trying to decide if I should build my cult compound in Colorado or norther Indiana when I get my government welfare fun bux settlement.
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Genocide Tendency posted:Legit question.. How is it in Denver and if you could move anywhere in the state near reasonable civilization, where would you go? Denver is pretty cool, lots of hot chicks and close proximity to the mountains and fun stuff, lots of great beer and breweries, ok restaurants and bars otherwise. Its fairly easy to get around Denver, decent public transportation, and if you avoid the interstate during rush hour its not too terrible to drive anywhere. Also, its pretty easy to get really good dope if that's your thing. The bad things are the housing market is batshit crazy, rents are through the roof right now, and people are paying 20 to 30k over appraisal to buy houses in the popular neighborhoods. I fully expect the market to come crashing back down in the fall/winter, should be pretty entertaining to watch. If I could move anywhere in the State, I would move into Denver proper, either the Highlands or RINO because I'm a massive human being, but also because I like gourmet donuts, and bacon tacos and food trucks. Barring that, I would move North of Denver, either to Fort Collins, maybe by Red Feather Lakes, or West of Boulder into the mountains. If I wanted to have a mountain fortress though, and maybe a few
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I bought half an acre and a nice house in the very heart of one expensive loving white flight yuppie town. I paid $130K less than its worth via the vet to vet connect. Seller is on his way out from agent orange and wanted a vet to buy his home. I'm never moving again. And when I go out to due from burn pit itis or whatever I'm selling it cheap to a vet to pay this poo poo forward. Hopefully he does the same. My neighbors are so much classier and rich than my wife and I, and we combine for 6 figures in the goddamn south. Except for one neighbor. The neighbor I share my back fence with is a fellow GWOT vet who got his house on the cheap from a Korean War vet. There needs to be a charity for old war vets to sell their nice houses to new war vets on the cheap but get the valuation difference covered by a charity or a tax credit or some gubmint money or something. So we can house crazy vets in the middle of the chicken hawk pens. And get old crazy vets paid for paying it forward.
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Genocide Tendency posted:Plenty of seats. But I showed up 15 minutes before it started. $6.50? Go to the IMAX, dude. Worth it. Vasadus got my rear end in gear and I landed a gig working with a creative writing summer camp for kids. Gonna help set up, work there every day from 9-12 and help the kids, and then help make the publication of their stories at the end. This is the kind of internship stuff I should have been doing since 2013. Thanks for the brutal honesty, dude.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:I bought half an acre and a nice house in the very heart of one expensive loving white flight yuppie town. I paid $130K less than its worth via the vet to vet connect. Seller is on his way out from agent orange and wanted a vet to buy his home.
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blue squares posted:$6.50? Go to the IMAX, dude. Worth it. congrats
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Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. I'm gonna go check out the riots.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. I'm gonna go check out the riots. lol my brother is pissed
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Genocide Tendency posted:Legit question.. How is it in Denver and if you could move anywhere in the state near reasonable civilization, where would you go? denver is a heap and the rest of colorado is worse, please dont come here
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blue squares posted:
That's cool as hell.
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blue squares posted:$6.50? Go to the IMAX, dude. Worth it. A GiP success story? 
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