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Rudager posted:BWM: Having a hobby. Counterpoint: woodworking. The money spent on equipment is offset by the shear number of chairs you can now pack into your house/garage/porch/basement/shed/car/etc.
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Why not just buy a massive antec and mod the thing yourself? I mean that looks like maybe $200 of case, tops. For example: antec 1900 red, $269 He could buy a holesaw for $14 at home depot and learn a few things in the process. I'm so happy I got the gently caress out of the case modding scene in 2007, what a cluster gently caress. $639 
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May 17, 2017 12:52
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Combine these two ideas and make custom woodwork computer cases.
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May 17, 2017 14:28
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paragon1 posted:Combine these two ideas and make custom woodwork computer cases. I had a friend that did this once, made it look like a fancy 70's console thing too, it was very pretty. To make this more thread-relevant, here's that idea but made very BWM: http://kotaku.com/this-wooden-box-is-a-gaming-pc-1791091884  If you look closely you'll notice that the motherboard isn't even flush with the back and the sides don't line up quite right 
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I posted on FB about stomach problems I've been having, and the fact that I was pissed that the endoscopy I had didn't show anything (I wanted it FIXED dammit) and an online friend I've had for a good decade responded with the following. I have always liked & respected this person, she seemed really level-headed, and actually very smart with managing her money/debt, etc. I honestly didn't realize this particular scam was still making the rounds.....Oh good grief posted:If it all tests come out negative, try Mangosteen Juice. I highly recommend Xango, which is a brand I'm a distributor for. I've used it for 15+ years and swear by it!.. It has many healing quality, but one of the quickest and most noticeable is for any kind of stomach issue, gastric, upset, nausea, heartburn, etc . . . I've heard you can find other brands at Costco, or online that are cheaper than the Xango, but I feel Xango works best. It is more expensive, though.
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May 17, 2017 15:01
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ate all the Oreos posted:I had a friend that did this once, made it look like a fancy 70's console thing too, it was very pretty. The GPU in the box in the article isn't even connected lol.
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May 17, 2017 15:27
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How's that graphics card supposed to work? It's not even plugged into the PCIX slot. It's just mounted there, screwed to the box and no riser off the motherboard to it. It's vaporware. /\  you mother..friend 
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May 17, 2017 15:35
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Kotaku, shill of all things Japanese and gadgety posted:This is the sort of computer system one might expect from Computer Direct Outlet, a company with a CEO named Gary Underwood, a designer named Ty Underwood and a engineer named Dale Woodard. Seriously. These guys were born to make a wooden PC Or, OR, OR...it could be that they're fake names  Wonder if that author will sell all his consoles to buy one and get his wife a taco bell gift card again. Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 15:41 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 15:38
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Zo posted:amway is a loving juggernaut in japan, way way way bigger than it was in US or Canada as far as I can tell Among the Japanese or are we talking like American expats or military/contractors?
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May 17, 2017 16:34
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April posted:I posted on FB about stomach problems I've been having, and the fact that I was pissed that the endoscopy I had didn't show anything (I wanted it FIXED dammit) and an online friend I've had for a good decade responded with the following. I have always liked & respected this person, she seemed really level-headed, and actually very smart with managing her money/debt, etc. I honestly didn't realize this particular scam was still making the rounds..... Holy poo poo, it's 2017 and there are still Mangosteen people out there. What a world we live in.
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May 17, 2017 16:53
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Or retargeting has gone too far.
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ate all the Oreos posted:I had a friend that did this once, made it look like a fancy 70's console thing too, it was very pretty. Speaking of $900 PC cases.
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A guy I work with had a seizure at work, due to some medical condition that I cant remember. I only live about a block away from him so I've been giving him rides to and from work and it's an entire commute filled with BWM stories but this has been my favorite so far: About 5 minutes into a drive the other day he lets out an exasperated sigh and says "Well I couldn't get those concert tickets I wanted last week, I ended up having to buy another ferret".
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BaseballPCHiker posted:A guy I work with had a seizure at work, due to some medical condition that I cant remember. I only live about a block away from him so I've been giving him rides to and from work and it's an entire commute filled with BWM stories but this has been my favorite so far: almost as good as "if it weren't for my horse, i wouldn't have spent that year in college"
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May 17, 2017 19:01
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I was gonna make a joke about service ferrets, but apparently those are real things?
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May 17, 2017 19:02
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BraveUlysses posted:almost as good as "if it weren't for my horse, i wouldn't have spent that year in college"
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May 17, 2017 19:16
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No Butt Stuff posted:I was gonna make a joke about service ferrets, but apparently those are real things? They may be a thing that exists, but they are most assuredly not "real."
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May 17, 2017 19:31
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BraveUlysses posted:almost as good as "if it weren't for my horse, i wouldn't have spent that year in college" A polo pony scholarship, she had a polo pony scholarship.
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May 17, 2017 19:56
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Woof Blitzer posted:A polo pony scholarship, she had a polo pony scholarship.
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May 17, 2017 20:04
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therobit posted:They may be a thing that exists, but they are most assuredly not "real." A doctor will write you a note that any animal of any species you want is your emotional support service animal for $250 after a short phone consultation. I don't remember the specifics, but it's come up on the forums before.
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According to him the reason he "HAD TO" buy another ferret is that his first ferret didnt properly bond to him or something. And that he thought since they were social creatures, the current ferret was just stressed being a loner and that if he got another one both ferrets would be in better moods and then they would both bond completely to him. That was his reasoning at least. Like I said the guy was such a swirling vortex of BWM that sometimes I had trouble keeping it all straight. He also would eat out for lunch every single day. Not somewhere cheap and lovely like McDonalds either. He'd always go to some food trucks that were parked on our street and drop like $10-15. Then he'd go out to eat or order delivery every single night for dinner. I asked him about cooking and he just threw his hands up and said it was impossible for him to do because he didnt have the money for the equipment.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/comments/6bfghf/house_deal_fell_through_is_it_okay_to_put_my_rrsp/ posted:House deal fell through. Is it okay to put my RRSP funds back? (self.PersonalFinanceCanada) quote:[–]RobotCowhand 2 points 1 day ago quote:[–]Devious-Throwaway[S] 1 point 21 hours ago Pretty low grade BWM, I wonder if he got advice regarding his credit card balances in the past. Oh look: https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/comments/60kbty/seeing_a_mortgage_broker_can_i_do_anything_to/ posted:Seeing a Mortgage Broker; Can I Do Anything to Improve My Outlook? (self.PersonalFinanceCanada) LOL deliberate choice my rear end. quote:[–]lemonsalad89 3 points 1 month ago Well that sure worked out for him. quote:[–]chaitea97 1 point 1 month ago quote:[–]Devious-Throwaway[S] 1 point 1 month ago Carrying lots of consumer debt and living/working in the diverse and healthy Fort Mac oil economy, I can't imagine why lenders aren't beating down his door.
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evobatman posted:A doctor will write you a note that any animal of any species you want is your emotional support service animal for $250 after a short phone consultation. I don't remember the specifics, but it's come up on the forums before. Almost correct: emotional support/comfort/anxiety animals do not qualify as service animals under the ADA, which means that technically, they can be forbidden from any business, just like pets. A doctor's letter isn't enough. If you can't tell them what tasks the animal is trained to do for you, you don't have a leg to stand on. In practice, of course, people either aren't aware of this, or rationally choose not to make a stink, so a letter like that can go a long way. And it will always work on planes: for some reason, DoT/FAA rules say that emotional support animals with a letter from a licensed mental health professional are allowed on flights, period. So if you already have a pet and travel, I guess that could be GWM: just take Fido with you on your lap instead of buying a carrier and paying the luggage fees, or for boarding at a kennel. I've actually seen someone with dog allergies be told that they'd have to take the next flight, and presumably hope that no one tries the same bullshit then too. Doc Hawkins fucked around with this message at 22:55 on May 17, 2017 |
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https://www.reddit.com/r/OSU/comments/6blyrg/could_i_potentially_learn_to_live_with_student/reddit posted:Could I potentially learn to live with student debt? reddit posted:Planning retirement means trying to ballpark when you're gonna die. I'm not interested in that, I'd rather it be a surprise.
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I'm torn on whether I should post this here, because normally it would be BWM, but it's "ok" in the sense that they can afford it. But I will since it checks off a lot of the boxes in this thread. Not only does my mom: [X] Use and push essential oils on everyone for everyfuckingthing, [X] she has a horse, [X] which has cancer, but [X] she won't send him to the glue factory [X] despite not being able to ride him anymore (she can basically only feed and brush him), But she also: [X] uses essential oils on her horse. The whole thing is really loving  , but my parents are retired and set financially, so I can't really call it BWM, but it would be just about any other time. Like, it's really hard to talk to her at times, because she turns everything around to essential oils. I mentioned to her that I may have tennis elbow or some kind of tendinitis, which may require surgery. Her suggestion was, of course, essential oils, because there is a "anti-inflammatory" oil. My old man just rolls his eyes whenever she mentions them,.
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I think we've done a pretty good job of establishing that even if you can comfortably afford said BWM, nonsense like essential oils for your lame horses is still implicitly BWM.
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What kind of essential oils are we talking about? There are cheap oils out there like rosemary or peppermint, then there's mysore sandalwood and oud which require taking out a HELOC to buy. (No, not a Horse Equity Line of Credit.)
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May 18, 2017 00:12
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What makes an oil, essential, anyways? It's not like an essential amino acid or vitamin.
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May 18, 2017 00:21
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It's essential in the, like, "having the essence of" sense, not the "non-optional" sense.
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May 18, 2017 00:23
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cowofwar posted:What makes an oil, essential, anyways? Essentially snake oil.
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May 18, 2017 00:24
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Somewhat relevant: A, D, E and K vitamins are all dissoluble in fat.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:It's essential in the, like, "having the essence of" sense, not the "non-optional" sense. Gonna take a wild guess and say most people who use them believe it's the latter and not the former
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:It's essential in the, like, "having the essence of" sense, not the "non-optional" sense.
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Cold on a Cob posted:Fort McMurray Ahahahah and now the glut of oil in Texas is expected to gently caress the Canadian oil industry even harder, all the rig pigs are hosed. I shouldn't laugh because I have a bunch of engineer friends from high school dying a slow death up in northern Alberta right now, but really what kind of idiot invests their life in fossil fuels in tyool 2017? I always wondered why engineers were so bad with life, until I stumbled across this great quote on the forums: "If you've ever wondered why D&D has separate stats for intelligence and wisdom, just think about how many engineers are libertarians" Dillbag fucked around with this message at 01:01 on May 18, 2017 |
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cowofwar posted:What makes an oil, essential, anyways? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil quote:An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetherolea, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as oil of clove. An oil is "essential" in the sense that it contains the "essence of" the plant's fragrance—the characteristic fragrance of the plant from which it is derived.[1] The term essential used here does not mean indispensable as with the terms essential amino acid or essential fatty acid which are so called since they are nutritionally required by a given living organism.[2] There are also fragrance oils which are things like that smell like it; for instance, real sandalwood essential oil is very expensive because it literally comes from a tree, but then you've got ebanol which smells like it and is a pretty popular substitute in sandalwood fragrances.
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cowofwar posted:Okay that's not what the word means but I guess retards being retarded.
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Doc Hawkins posted:I've actually seen someone with dog allergies be told that they'd have to take the next flight, and presumably hope that no one tries the same bullshit then too. I've asked to be reseated because I'm super allergic to pets and the woman next to me had a "emotional support pet". I was told the flight was full except for "premium" seats so I could pay to upgrade or they'd put me on the next flight if I wanted, so I just ended up being miserable for six hours. poo poo sucks.
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Doc Hawkins posted:Almost correct: emotional support/comfort/anxiety animals do not qualify as service animals under the ADA, which means that technically, they can be forbidden from any business, just like pets. A doctor's letter isn't enough. If you can't tell them what tasks the animal is trained to do for you, you don't have a leg to stand on. Yes I know that depending on context sometimes they are recognized, but they are almost never legitimate. Those assholes need to cut it out so that people with actual disabilities are taken seriously.
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BaseballPCHiker posted:A guy I work with had a seizure at work, due to some medical condition that I cant remember. I only live about a block away from him so I've been giving him rides to and from work and it's an entire commute filled with BWM stories but this has been my favorite so far: edit: just read this part: BaseballPCHiker posted:According to him the reason he "HAD TO" buy another ferret is that his first ferret didnt properly bond to him or something. And that he thought since they were social creatures, the current ferret was just stressed being a loner and that if he got another one both ferrets would be in better moods and then they would both bond completely to him. That was his reasoning at least. Like I said the guy was such a swirling vortex of BWM that sometimes I had trouble keeping it all straight. Suspicious Lump fucked around with this message at 04:39 on May 18, 2017 |
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